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Fedora Enables ClearType Subpixel Font Rendering Thanks To Microsoft

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  • #61
    Originally posted by mudig View Post
    One of FreeType's contributors, Alexei Podtelezhnikov, was working on a different way to achieve subpixel rendering that he thought was not patent encumbered and called it "Harmony": http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/fre...?id=master#n47. I haven't tested it thoroughly nor do I know if a patent lawyer would clear it, but... it's there and enabled by default unless you specify that SUBPIXEL_RENDERING compile time flag
    Nice. My $0.02 was, if the patents are anyway going to expire next year, these patent programs are neither that useful or a submerging threat to open source.

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    • #62
      Maybe, but I guess feeling safe is nice

      I actually tried the updated Fedora package and get strong color fringing that I do not get when compiling from master (with or without the subpixel option enabled). Something is wrong.

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      • #63
        Wish to receive an opinion from you guys. Should I not use subpixel rendering assuming I have ~192dpi 4k monitor and use 2x scaling? or does this depends on your preference and vision etc. ?

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        • #64
          My Eyesight doesn't like AT ALL ClearType or even Grayscale Antialiasing, i like the text pixels as "crisp" as possible, how can i FULLY disable both in Linux ?

          I ask this because lately Slackware-Current is plagued (from my PoV, YMMV) with that thing of blurry fonts when used to be just perfect by simply using some "Hinting".

          TIA,
          AJSB

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          • #65
            Originally posted by birdie View Post

            Compare the old renderer and the new one and tell me which one is better:


            OMG...the NEW is the kind of S*** i have to endure lately.
            DARN FREAKING BLURRY FONTS that has been hurting my eyesight.

            The "OLD", (v35 , right ? ) looks so much better.

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