ok, i had no idea what hinting was. but now that i do, i still think that SOMETHING should be done. i think that hinting should be set to "Full" by default when you select subpixel smoothing, like it was in hardy, as it is simply much more aesthetically pleasing.
maybe they will redesign the font control panel in the next gnome release. that would be good. On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 7:05 AM, Tobias Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, but you should get up to speed with how font rendering works. > Antialias has nothing to do with hinting. Sure they both interact to form the > final glyph images but they are different ways to change the appearance of > fonts. > Hinting changes the shape of glyphs, so it's no surprise what you describe. > In fact hinting or instructions in TrueType was invented by Apple and > licensed to Microsoft to improve the look of monochrome fonts in Windows 95. > > Read this first: > http://www.microsoft.com/typography/TrueTypeHintingIntro.mspx > > BTW, selecting »Full« in the Details dialog will give you the exact look > of Hardy; to the pixel. What then is the point of this report? I think > it should be closed. > > -- > fonts get funky with subpixel smoothing > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296608 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "fontconfig" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > i am not sure what the package is, so sorry. > > anyway, i go to the appearance preferences in gnome, go to the fonts tab, and > click on the radio button for subpixel smoothing, and all of the fonts are > bigger than they were before. i do not like big fonts, and antialiasing > should not make fonts bigger. > > so then when i click the details button, i see that the smoothing is only set > to "slight" when it should be set to full, like it was before [intrepid]. so, > i click "full" which makes the fonts normal-size, and makes the fonts pretty > and smooth, but then after dismissing the window, the appearance preferences > font tab shows all of the radio boxes selected with a dash. i have attached a > screenshot. this is weird, as there should only be one DOT in the "subpixel > smoothing" option. > > so anyway, here are the set of problems: > > #1: selecting subpixel smoothing makes hinting set to "slight" by default (it > should be set to "full" by default) > #2: changing the hinting of fonts will change the size of the fonts too (and > the fonts should always appear to be the same size no matter what level of > hinting is used, and no matter if it is subpixel, grayscale, or even "none") > #3: what the hell is the deal with all of the boxes being selected at the > same time [with a dash]? > -- fonts get funky with subpixel smoothing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296608 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
