fonts and anti aliasing

[Mark Houlder]

hi

i use a mixture of xfce (4.2) and gnome (2.8), and have noticed that 
fonts in gnome look different to those in xfce - ie when i use mozilla, 
gnome renders the fonts smoother than xfce does.

i've tried fiddling with the anti-alias/hinting/sub-pixel hinting 
options in the xfce user interface panel, but can't get the fonts the 
way i like them (as in gnome).

should it be possible to replicate the font look from gnome in xfce, or 
are there fundamental differences in how the two systems work? if it is 
possible, how would i find out exactly what gnome is doing so i can 
replicate it in xfce?

thanks


mark