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Hi,
the update of freetype2 (to version 2.5.5-1) gave me this output:
Subpixel hinting can be enabled by adding FT2_SUBPIXEL_HINTING=1 to your environment, for example /etc/environment or ~/.pam_environment.
I found some information about it on this page : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/font_configuration , however it advises activating it through fonts.conf and then activating some LCD filter (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/fo … _rendering).
The page also suggests that I should just use some other packages (Infinality, etc).
My questions are: - Is all of this worth the trouble (i.e. do the tweaked fonts look that much better) ?
- If so, what are the simplest option to improve them (would setting that environment variable be enough or should I also set the lcd filter in fonts.conf, what about https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … on#Presets , Infinality) ?
I guess I'm mainly asking about personal experiences on recent font configuration.
Thank you.
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If you want good looking fonts and are not interested in mastering the arcana; just use bohoomil's repo.
Not a Sysadmin issue, moving to NC...
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Since i upgraded the freetype2 package in December i can't really get the old behavior back, even by setting that FT2_SUBPIXEL_HINTING variable, does it make any difference for anyone else?
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Also see Earnestly's post about FreeType settings. I think FT2_SUBPIXEL_HINTING makes fonts look dramatically better, especially unhinted web fonts.
Last edited by Morn (2015-01-27 10:23:05)
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