Feature changed by: jpxviii jpxviii (jpxviii) Feature #307522, revision 9 Title: Improve font rendering on openSUSE openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important + openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed + Priority + Requester: Important Requested by: Andres Linares (satoshi-takao) Description: It would be great if font rendering in openSUSE looks like Mac OS X's or Windows' with Cleartype. Ubuntu has improved it a little. I think this could be important for openSUSE interface. Discussion: #1: Thomas Schmidt (digitaltomm) (2009-08-31 12:54:52) Could you please give more information on how to achieve this? Afaic cleartype is disabled in opensuse because of microsoft patents. There is a howto for enabling it: http://opensuse-community.org/SubpixelHinting #2: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2009-09-03 16:09:17) And also, subpixel rendering leaves an ugly color trail on CRTs, that is even noticable on LCDs. #3: Robert Davies (robopensuse) (2009-12-01 00:15:47) Having installed Windows 7, and having gone through a wizard for their font rendering, I am not so convinced by their technology; I found their examples rather fuzzy and unclear on a good Pro CRT. Most font issues I see in Linux are cured by CNTRL-+; though I have seen screenshots of some disgusting fonts in YaST post-installation. #4: Isaak Malik (earthmind) (2010-07-16 14:36:12) To be honest, working in OpenSUSE irritates my eyes very fast because of the bad font anti-aliasing. This however does not occur in Windows or not even Ubuntu. #5: Isaak Malik (earthmind) (2010-07-28 16:27:55) Please read this article on Linux Journal: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/prettier-fonts-way This entirely solves the patenting issues. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307522