Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 20:39:37 +0200 From: Sven Esbjerg <esbjerg@xbsd.net> To: "Mezz bsdforums.org" <reigncracks@hotmail.com> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Latest fontconfig and freetype rock Message-ID: <20030418183937.GA22823@gosling.opasia.dk> In-Reply-To: <Sea2-F4KkVmkLb8bAyj0000631c@hotmail.com> References: <Sea2-F4KkVmkLb8bAyj0000631c@hotmail.com>
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On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 02:42:17PM -0400, Mezz bsdforums.org wrote: > >I had been using a ~/.fonts.conf to turn off anti-aliasing for fonts > >smaller than 10, since they looked really bad. > > > >With the latest versions (fontconfig-2.1.94 and freetype-2.1.4) the auto > >hinting and antialiasing has GREATLY improved. Fonts look spectacular even > >at lower sizes. > > Cool, looks like I will need to upgrade the fontconfig sooner. There's > something flaw in Xft2/Fontconfig, thought. The flaw is black background > and white font, it renders worst and suck. It's one of my most annony. I > heard that Keith (author of Fontconfig) and X team are going to work on > this issue (I think render issue). It's because Xft/Xrender cannot do gamma correction. You could try to adjust your gammasettings with xgamma. Sven -- Fight Internet Censorship! http://www.eff.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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