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[openFATE 312694] Font Rendering esp. KDE
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- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:43:30 +0200 (CEST)
- Message-id: <feature-312694-13@keeper.suse.de>
Feature changed by: Mikhail Krasilnikov (mihalych)
Feature #312694, revision 13
Title: Font Rendering esp. KDE
openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed
Priority
Requester: Important
Requested by: Melvin Jose (melvinjose)
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
Improve the font rendering on opensuse especially on KDE. Bring it upto
the standards of ubuntu at least.
Discussion:
#1: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2011-08-06 21:30:08)
Too vaguely formulated. What exactly is bad? (And I think the
directional vector has a sign error in your request.)
#4: Melvin Jose (melvinjose) (2011-08-10 04:38:02) (reply to #1)
I just wanted to keep it short. Infact the font rendering with all the
fonts provided in opensuse 11.3 used to be very distorted on the KDE
environment (found GNOME's better). I resolved it by copying the font
'ubuntu' from an ubuntu 10.10 system (fonts look beautiful enough on
them) and also installing subpixel hinting enabled freetype2 packages.
Now it looks very decent. Why can't we have that by default as the
associated patents have expired.
#6: Melvin Jose (melvinjose) (2011-08-10 04:44:01) (reply to #4)
Sorry !!! its opensuse 11.4 that I meant... its a type up there as
opensuse 11.3 .. I'm sorry guys for any misleads
#2: Joseph Mitzen (duncreg) (2011-08-06 21:35:31)
What exactly is wrong with openSUSE KDE font rendering?
#3: Diogo Piçarra (xpetept) (2011-08-08 04:24:05)
I think he means that should be used a better default font. If that's
what he means i agree with that.
#5: Melvin Jose (melvinjose) (2011-08-10 04:42:09)
Agree with Diogo Piçarra. The default fonts aren't upto the mark. Its
all text that interface a machine not voice. So if that look fuzzy its
a serious concern (I have serious eye-strain when i work on my
opensuse. Please go through the reply I have posted to Jan Engelhardt
for details.
Thanks guys.. lets together make this better..
#7: Diogo Piçarra (xpetept) (2011-08-27 22:48:34)
I found a post about a already existing project related to this.
http://opensusespain.blogspot.com/2011/08/suavizado-de-fuentes-en-opensuse.html
#8: Melvin Jose (melvinjose) (2011-09-09 05:25:34) (reply to #7)
Hi, Diogo... Had to spent some time with google translate..(I don't
follow spanish). Well, I think thats what I had done. However what
ubuntu did was to design a font by temselves.. Thats much easy from the
point of an end user assuming that all those who work on linux are not
familiar with the way a computer system has to be set up.. appreciate
you interest...
I'm sorry for being naive.. One day I would like to see a linux in
market that can be easily configured like windows - a linux that
doesn't scare people..
+ #9: Mikhail Krasilnikov (mihalych) (2011-09-11 10:42:49)
+ Good article about Linux (and KDE) font rendering. May be it helps to
+ understand what is exactly bad.
+ http://antigrain.com/research/font_rasterization/index.html
--
openSUSE Feature:
https://features.opensuse.org/312694
Feature #312694, revision 13
Title: Font Rendering esp. KDE
openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed
Priority
Requester: Important
Requested by: Melvin Jose (melvinjose)
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
Improve the font rendering on opensuse especially on KDE. Bring it upto
the standards of ubuntu at least.
Discussion:
#1: Jan Engelhardt (jengelh) (2011-08-06 21:30:08)
Too vaguely formulated. What exactly is bad? (And I think the
directional vector has a sign error in your request.)
#4: Melvin Jose (melvinjose) (2011-08-10 04:38:02) (reply to #1)
I just wanted to keep it short. Infact the font rendering with all the
fonts provided in opensuse 11.3 used to be very distorted on the KDE
environment (found GNOME's better). I resolved it by copying the font
'ubuntu' from an ubuntu 10.10 system (fonts look beautiful enough on
them) and also installing subpixel hinting enabled freetype2 packages.
Now it looks very decent. Why can't we have that by default as the
associated patents have expired.
#6: Melvin Jose (melvinjose) (2011-08-10 04:44:01) (reply to #4)
Sorry !!! its opensuse 11.4 that I meant... its a type up there as
opensuse 11.3 .. I'm sorry guys for any misleads
#2: Joseph Mitzen (duncreg) (2011-08-06 21:35:31)
What exactly is wrong with openSUSE KDE font rendering?
#3: Diogo Piçarra (xpetept) (2011-08-08 04:24:05)
I think he means that should be used a better default font. If that's
what he means i agree with that.
#5: Melvin Jose (melvinjose) (2011-08-10 04:42:09)
Agree with Diogo Piçarra. The default fonts aren't upto the mark. Its
all text that interface a machine not voice. So if that look fuzzy its
a serious concern (I have serious eye-strain when i work on my
opensuse. Please go through the reply I have posted to Jan Engelhardt
for details.
Thanks guys.. lets together make this better..
#7: Diogo Piçarra (xpetept) (2011-08-27 22:48:34)
I found a post about a already existing project related to this.
http://opensusespain.blogspot.com/2011/08/suavizado-de-fuentes-en-opensuse.html
#8: Melvin Jose (melvinjose) (2011-09-09 05:25:34) (reply to #7)
Hi, Diogo... Had to spent some time with google translate..(I don't
follow spanish). Well, I think thats what I had done. However what
ubuntu did was to design a font by temselves.. Thats much easy from the
point of an end user assuming that all those who work on linux are not
familiar with the way a computer system has to be set up.. appreciate
you interest...
I'm sorry for being naive.. One day I would like to see a linux in
market that can be easily configured like windows - a linux that
doesn't scare people..
+ #9: Mikhail Krasilnikov (mihalych) (2011-09-11 10:42:49)
+ Good article about Linux (and KDE) font rendering. May be it helps to
+ understand what is exactly bad.
+ http://antigrain.com/research/font_rasterization/index.html
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openSUSE Feature:
https://features.opensuse.org/312694
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