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amenzhisnky

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From: Minsk

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 27

jre7-openjdk fonts anti alialing after upgrade [RESOLVED]

Hi there!
After upgrading jre7-openjdk and jre7-openjdk-headles to version 7.u60_2.5.0-3 is seems like fonts AA doesn't work any more.

I downgraded the packages from ARM to  7.u60_2.5.0-2 and it works as expected now.

7.u60_2.5.0-2
7.u60_2.5.0-3

Is it a bug or feature?

Last edited by amenzhisnky (2014-07-10 11:43:50)

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

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Re: jre7-openjdk fonts anti alialing after upgrade [RESOLVED]

If you want state-of-the-art font rendering in openjdk, use bohoomil's font packages (freetype, cairo, fontconfig), and the openjdk font patch (screenshots). This should be far more popular.

Some more links:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/jre7 … s-fontfix/
http://www.infinality.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=275
https://gist.github.com/trustin/2893461

Edit: Sounds like fontfix.diff is no longer needed. Excellent news
Although infinality should be turned *on*

Last edited by brebs (2014-07-10 10:48:48)

amenzhisnky

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From: Minsk

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 27

Re: jre7-openjdk fonts anti alialing after upgrade [RESOLVED]

Actually I do like how fonts look like with previous version

Although infinality should be turned *on*

Does it mean that there's only one way to rebuild the package from abs with --enable-infinality=yes?

brebs

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Re: jre7-openjdk fonts anti alialing after upgrade [RESOLVED]

It's the default anyway, in icedtea 2.5.0:

$ grep enable-infinality configure
  --enable-infinality     build with fontconfig font rendering [default=yes]

Last edited by brebs (2014-07-10 11:40:52)

amenzhisnky

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From: Minsk

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 27

Re: jre7-openjdk fonts anti alialing after upgrade [RESOLVED]

It's the default anyway, in icedtea 2.5.0:

$ grep enable-infinality configure
  --enable-infinality     build with fontconfig font rendering [default=yes]

Thanks a lot.
I'm marking this post as resolved.