"A. Tres Finocchiaro" <tres.finocchiaro@xxxxxxxxx> Sent by: wine-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx 02/26/2008 08:51 PM To wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx cc Subject Re: Font anti-aliasing in wine? Sorry, scratch that idea... I'm not sure that does *anything *to fonts... -Tres On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 8:40 PM, A. Tres Finocchiaro < tres.finocchiaro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm not reading your entire post. > > Apply a stock windows theme with winecfg and pick cleartype fonts. > > If you don't know what I mean, find a copy of this theme: > http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061029/royale-noir/ > > Then do this: > > winecfg >> Desktop Integration >> install. > > Warning though, it can really bog some things down, but you *did *ask for > it. :) > > -Tres > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:05 AM, hasi <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > One of the things that DOES make a big difference for me is > > font-antialiasing (AA). (OK, maybe I am picky). Does anyone have > > experience/knowledge on that subject? > > What surprises me is that for a few fonts (BitStream Vera Sans, for > > instance), it is active, whereas it is completely absent for most others. > > Why is that? (BTW, I just found out that I get the best results so far for > > the new MS font "Corbel"--I admit not a very "free" solution, but a > > practical one. I now have set this as the default font for menus, tooltips, > > etc.) > > > > For instance, in the Word documents I am editing, AA kicks in above a > > certain font size (or document magnification/zoom), but seems to be switched > > off below. Is that a parameter that can be set somewhere? Also, in a Word > > document, if I select a magnification which renders a certain font with AA, > > the same characters would not be AA'ed for italic letters. ??? > > > > The AA I have seen happen in wine is a simple AA only ("grayscale"). > > Ultimately, of course, one would like to see subpixel-AA (like ClearType in > > Windows) in wine applications, which is now widely available on linux > > through freetype2. Can that be switched on in wine? > > Any thoughts/ideas/knowledge about AA under wine would be interesting. > > Thanks very much. > > --hasi. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > - Tres.Finocchiaro@xxxxxxxxx -- - Tres.Finocchiaro@xxxxxxxxx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/attachments/20080226/bc298845/attachment.htm ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service._______________________________________________________________ This electronic message contains information from NewPage Corporation or subsidiary companies, which may be confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. The information is intended to be used solely by the recipient(s) named. If you are not an intended recipient, be aware that any review, disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this transmission or its contents is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify NewPage immediately at postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/attachments/20080226/2e181b38/attachment.htm
