At Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:25:27 +0400, Ilya Chernykh wrote:
On Monday 24 October 2011 21:28:38 Graham Anderson wrote:
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.
The first thing a new user should see on booting openSUSE is a desktop with crisp clean fonts, we certinaly don't have that right now :(
Sub-pixel hinting needs that the feature to be anabled in two files Xresources and fonts.conf. This will affect the most applications. Neither of them have subpixel hinting enabled in openSUSE 12.1. I just do not know why. Possibly, some patent issues, or there are people who are against subpixels.
It's because the subpixel rendering is only for LCDs. On other displays (or when setting a wrong value), it causes a problem. And, some people do hate the subpixel rendering pretty much, as it leaves some artificial colors. So, it's still risky to enable it *as default*. Takashi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org