On Sonntag, 22. Dezember 2024 12:28:44 MEZ Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Hi Frank, hi. > > Frank Mehnert - 22.12.24, 09:47:41 MEZ: > > Unrelated topic: Since kmail was upgraded, the fonts in the message view > > look "rough". See attached part of a screenshot (sorry for the > > attachment). Doesn't matter if I use the fixed font (Hack) or the > > normal one (Noto Sans). In the font setting dialog both fonts look > > smooth! > > Strange. > > Just looks fine here. > > Even with fractional scaling 150%. > > Hmm, but for some reason I do not have the Noto Sans default font but a > font called "Inter". Ah, I may have switched to it for seeing whether its > readability is better than the default. But I did not even have it > installed, so it may have used the default Noto Sans anyway. I bet I hadf > it installed previously, but for some reason it has been removed. I now > installed it. Let's see. > > Anyway… it is just looking fine. Yours look like probably anti aliasing > disabled? I have it enabled with RGB sub pixel rendering. And Hinting set > to "light". Ah, but I also have force DPI for fonts set to 144 dpi. It is > not recommended to set it here, but it may have been set automatically as > I configured fractional scaling. > > Well at least now you have some settings to look at and fiddle around with > to see whether some can fix your issue. It is still quite confusing. The > amount of different settings you have there. > > But it also looks fine with the Hack 10 pt font I have for fixed width > (toggable with "X" key by default). > > I still run Plasma on X11. Are you on Wayland?
Yes, I'm on Wayland. Actually I'm on Wayland for some months and everything I need works fine. So I was on Wayland also before upgrading to the new kmail version. Will try X11 as well. Thanks Frank