Re: Beta2: Nice job!

From: Pav Lucistnik <pav_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:14:02 +0200
Eric Anderson píše v po 22. 08. 2005 v 09:05 -0500:
> Devon H. O'Dell wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 09:57:09AM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> > 
> >>Eric Anderson writes:
> >> > 
> >> > Just to check the obvious, but, you are certain you are running at the 
> >> > native resolution of the LCD panel, correct?
> >>
> >>Yep, its running at the native resolution.
> >>
> >>Drew
> > 
> > 
> > For what it's worth, I've always found the anti-aliasing of fonts in
> > GTK applications to be sub-par. They all use Bitstream Vera at a 
> > ridiculously small font size and seem to blur into the background by
> > like two pixels on each side. I don't mind Bitstream Vera at all,
> > but I agree, I cannot stand the way antialiased fonts look in these
> > applications.
> 
> Agreed - it isn't perfect at all, but better than nothing (for me, but 
> not everyone it seems).  Is there a way to change it?  I have to say, 
> that Windows fonts nearly always look great.

This really isn't something for FreeBSD mailing list - you'd have to go
licence rendering engine from Microsoft or Apple and merge it into
Freedesktop/X.org sourcecode base... good luck!

-- 
Pav Lucistnik <pav_at_oook.cz>
              <pav_at_FreeBSD.org>

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