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


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