On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 9:09 PM, Marco Calistri <mcalistri@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
Until today I was using the famous "namrac repository" in order to obtain a better font rendering in my system, but today I noticed that such repository is not available anymore on download page.
By googling a bit I understood that now freetype2 is relying on a newer environment "...Harmony LCD Subpixel Rendering technique in freetype2 version 2.8.1 and above..."
Hence I have disabled the "namrac repository" and added the Tumbleweed M17 one:
"https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/M17N/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/"
and updated libfreetype6 and libfreetype6-32bit.
Which hopefully soon enough will land in Factory :P
But I would like to know if in addition I have to configure something on my homedir in order to get the best font rendering with these new versions.
I mean something as setting up the variable "FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=" and keep using or delete the file suggested for previous truetype rendering as ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf.
YaST actually handles all that pretty well. I hope to get default font rendering and hinting in openSUSE to be set to optimal in the future (lcddefault and hintmedium respectively), which I will submit once freetype with all the MS patented stuff lands in Factory and in Tumbleweed. Although, I don't know your preference in regards to that, you might want it differently, that's probably why YaST Fonts ships by default in YaST pattern ;) LCP [Stasiek] https://lcp.world -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org