Kevin Kofler wrote: > > Apart from the bytecode interpreter, freetype-freeworld just enables the > subpixel rendering in the upstream freetype. So does Fedora's freetype > since Fedora 10. (It was disabled in F9, it got reenabled in F10, I have no > idea what the rationale was for each of those decisions.) So these days the > only difference between freetype and freetype-freeworld is the bytecode > interpreter. Rendering with BCI enabled always looked awful to me, the BC-equipped fonts really turn into a b&w bitmap, which appears ugly to me. Maybe people who use Windows really like them, but my eyes are much more happy with light hinting and don't care about the color fringes; this could depend on the monitor DPI (my screen is 133dpi, I suppose 1024x768 17" laptops are another story). I just use the freetype from Fedora 10 and I consider my fonts beautifully rendered. Probably the autohinter is doing its work well. I think that font rendering on Mac is worse than on my Fedora. No colors, but really blurry chars; they mitigate the effect by using huge font sizes in the GUI. Just a thought: do I remember correctly that the color filter is just a simple y(0)=(x(-1)+x(0)+x(1))/3 on the subpixels? Did anyone consider that R, G and B have different brightness to the human eye and should be weighted more smartly? -- Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
