A while back, Arsgeek posted a great way to improve the look of your fonts in Linux. All you need to do is type the following text into a gedit file and save the file as .fonts.conf into your home directory and restart gnome (don’t forget the period before fonts). I will include a copy of the file if you would rather download it than create it yourself. The transformation your fonts go through is fantastic and adds consistency across programs. I will post before and after screenshots below. Click the screenshots to enlarge.

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Download: .fonts.conf file

Note: You may need to right-click “Save Link As…” to download the .fonts.conf file.

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