Re: F25 XFCE font rendering

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On 26.11.2016, Sam Varshavchik wrote: 

> I haven't noticed any changes in font rendering. Perhaps this is something
> specific to your video hardware.

No, it's definitely not. I have the same phenomenon on (now) three different
machines. One has nvidia graphics, one AMD and one Intel Ironlake. On
all three, changing the file mentioned in the mail before made the
font sharp and crisp again.

If you use stock Fedora fonts, it may be that is why you didn't notice
the effect. I have always hated blurry fonts, and highly prefer "as
sharp and clear as possible".

What I'm doing is:

1. Recompiling freetype with subpixel rendering and the bytecode
interpreter enabled.

2. Setting antialiasing and hinting to "max" (Applications -> Settings
-> Appearance -> Fonts).

That sufficed to get the desired "as sharp as possible" effect, until
F25. While most of the fonts where as sharp and crisp as before using
1 and 2, some were not, as e.g. in Firefox, Thunderbird and some other
programs. Most probably because they obey the systemwide font
config. This obviously wasn't the case in previous Fedora releases. As
a "sharp and crisp" freak, I can tell that there's a *huge* difference
if a font is slightly or fully hinted.
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