getting Ubuntu-quality fonts / configuration under Cygwin/X

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Published on 2012-08-27T20:02:19Z Indexed on 2012/08/27 21:42 UTC
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I have Cygwin/X installed on a Win7 box. I also have an Ubuntu VM running on the Win7 host.

If I do the following:

Start Xming on the Win7 box
Start mate-terminal under Cygwin/X

then mate-terminal starts up with very crappy-looking fonts and a blinking cursor. (I'm using "Monospace 10" in mate-terminal.)

If I then do:

Use putty to ssh into the Ubuntu VM (fowarding the X connection)
Run gnome-settings-daemon on the Ubuntu VM

then the fonts in mate-terminal suddenly become much better looking and the cursor stops blinking (probably because I've configured it that way in Ubuntu.)

Question:

How can I get the better-looking fonts and the ability to set cursor-blinks option for mate-terminal under Cygwin/X without having to run the Ubuntu VM?

FWIW, I have Xming-fonts-7-5-0-4 installed.

Update: Starting Xming with '-dpi 101' as suggested here helps, but the fonts are still not anti-aliased.

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