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Date:      Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:15:02 -0800
From:      Brian Gardner <openjdk@getsnappy.com>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Zsolt_K=FAti?= <la.tinca@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-java@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: openjdk6 b17
Message-ID:  <1CED4E10-80D7-43AF-A040-6F6BDCB86F2C@getsnappy.com>
In-Reply-To: <20091102211536.7ad9ed9f@brain>
References:  <EAD67811-740E-43F4-8A11-2374F3EB84F9@getsnappy.com> <20091102211536.7ad9ed9f@brain>

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I've found a solution for the ugly font issue.  I'll be posting a new =20=

preliminary port later today, but here is a blog entry explaining my =20
research and solution.

=
http://www.getsnappy.com/tech-blog/freebsd-tips-tricks/freebsd-openjdk6-b1=
7-font-issues/



On Nov 2, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Zsolt K=FAti wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:29:38 -0700
> Brian Gardner <brian@getsnappy.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody,
>> I've completed the port of openjdk6 from b16 to b17.  I've blogged
>> about the upgrade here:
>> =
http://www.getsnappy.com/tech-blog/freebsd-tips-tricks/upgrading-freebsd-p=
ort-javaopenjdk6-from-b16-to-b17/
>>
>> You can download this port and test it before it is committed from:
>> http://www.getsnappy.com/downloads/openjdk6-b17.tar.gz
>>
>> To install the port:
>>
>> cd /usr/ports/java
>> tar -xjf <path_to_tar_bundle>/openjdk6-b17.tar.gz
>> cd openjdk6-b17
>> make
>> I haven't done any testing yet and before I commit I would like to
>> address the existing issue with poor font quality.
>>
>> Please leave good or bad comments about your experience with the
>> preliminary build on this mailing list or my blog, so we can speed
>> the process of committing a more stable and up-to-date version of
>> Java for FreeBSD.
>>
>
> Hi Brian,
>
> Since a picture worth thousand words, here comes two :-)
> The first screenshot is made using sun-jdk, the other one with the new
> openjdk port.
> http://i37.tinypic.com/mudhj7.png
> http://i37.tinypic.com/350usyf.png
>
> A lot of difference regarding font properties in various panels can be
> seen: font size, type, emphasis, right margin (e.g. red line)
>
> (Sorry for not giving high fidelty in other non-relevant aspects.)
>
> IntelliJ's IDEA still looks bad. I can make similar screenshots in
> case you need.
>
> Thanks for your work!
> Zsolt
>
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