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#76 2009-03-09 18:06:41
- timofonic
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Re: Improved subpixel font rendering
What are the advantages of the -lcd -ubuntu and -cleartype packages?
Are there any package or initiative about merging them all?
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#77 2009-03-09 18:21:29
- Fackamato
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Re: Improved subpixel font rendering
What are the advantages of the -lcd -ubuntu and -cleartype packages?
Are there any package or initiative about merging them all?
Fonts look awful with standard packages for me (LCD). With -ubuntu, all is good.
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#78 2009-03-11 01:19:09
- dr/owned
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Re: Improved subpixel font rendering
Well this topic isn't too old so I'm not afraid to bump it a bit. I'm on an lcd - 1280 x 800. I found that using the -ubuntu fonts, msft fonts, 88 DPI, hinting on, AA on, autohinter off, and hint type: slight yield results that actually manage to look better than XP's cleartype. Obviously this is only true for certain fonts where an equivalent linux version exists. Here's a screenshot:
Edit: I tried -lcd but it was far too blurry to be looked at for longer than 10 minutes. -cleartype was pretty good but often seemed to yield mishapen characters or oversharpness. Or the characters would be too far spaced apart.
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