On 2014-04-06 17:44 (GMT-0400) Alan B composed:
1-What are your physical display characteristics?
HP f2105 1680x1050, nvidia 560ti with proprietary drivers
94.3 DPI, contemporary standard density class, not at all high except compared to last century's hardware.
2-Which DE(s) do you use?
KDE 4.11.5
3-What fault(s) do you find with existing font rendering?
I find it is too "crisp" the letters appear to have jagged edges and its very ugly for letters that have curves in them. In Firefox, its just unusable for me until I get it fixed because I cant stand reading stuff on there until it has some smoothness to it. That is why I installed infinality and it has worked pretty good for me so far.
Again though these are just my opinions and I know lots of people do like the "crisp" style. I just wish the default was a little less "crisp".
On 2014-04-06 18:41 (GMT-0400) Alan B composed:
I decided to get a VM running, this is from what I recall a net install of the basic CLI option and then I installed the KDE pattern. This is the result: http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/58284567
And this is my current setup as a comparison: http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/85968896
Given your apparent taste and sensitivity, have you considered upgrading to a higher density display? More px packed into any given physical space does a much better job. With enough px, anti-alias and/or other smoothing techniques aren't at all helpful, much less necessary. Exactly how close are your eyes to your screen? Maybe more separation along with a minor increase in font sizes would dampen out the bother? Here's what it looks like here with a nearly 40% nominal density increase: http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/archwikihome-2048x1152x132.png To have a fair idea of what you see being representative of what I see here, you'll need to use a viewer that permits sizing the include one inch block to life size. Without as much density to display it as here, you won't be able to appreciate the real impact of the extra density here. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org