On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 11:19:12AM +0100, Adam Sampson wrote: > Ciprian Popovici <ciprian@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > GTK v1 based apps CAN NOT anti-alias fonts so you're > > stuck with "scaly" and stair-edged fonts. It's a problem > > especially if you get the precompiled official Mozilla > > for instance, which is based on GTK1. Better look for > > alternative builds based on GTK v2. > > Mozilla is a bad example here, because it doesn't use GTK for > text rendering either on web pages or in the interface; you > can build a Mozilla binary with GTK1 that uses Xft for text > and thus does antialiased fonts anyway. It is indeed puzzling why the "GTK v1 based apps cannot anti-alias fonts" statement is still being passed around. Other than the Xft-enabled Gtk1 mozilla (which can render anti-aliased fonts but apparently not very well), mlterm is also Gtk1-based and uses Xft, and renders anti-aliased fonts good. If Gtk1 apps cannot anti-aliased fonts, there would be no point in having separate Gtk and Xft libraries, etc. -- Ambrose LI Cheuk-Wing <a.c.li@xxxxxxxx> http://ada.dhs.org/~acli/
