On Monday 24 October 2011 21:42:51 Jon Nelson wrote:
You'd done a lot of work here. Thanks!
Sub-pixel rendering is _not_ enabled by default (note that antialiasing and sub-pixel rendering are not the same thing), and should be properly enabled for the freetype package. Once sub-pixel hinting/rendering is properly enabled, hintslight should be the default hinting mode. Hintslight with sub pixel rendering properly addresses any blurriness of smaller point sizes, renders crisp text and avoids the mangling of typehint enabled fonts.
You can turn on the full hinter by default with this:
/etc/sysconfig/BYTECODE_BW_MAX_PIXEL="1" instead of 0.
I noticed that with the *default* font (Libertine family), hintfull looks very good.
You meant Liberation? If yes, I will completely agree. Liberation is great with full hinting. And it is a great font overall.
With DejaVu hintslight looks better. For me, it was most noticeable with *monospace* fonts. I'd be very interested to hear your results with BYTWCODE_BW_MAX_PIXEL=1 (and then run 'fonts-config').
I think this will not affect all applications. What is actually needeed is this patch: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/89177 and a patch to fonts.conf -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org