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#1 2020-04-29 14:15:37
- zoran119
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Small fonts aren't rendering nicely
I followed this to configure my fonts, and they look quite good now, apart from what I can best describe as "small fonts". Primary example is Hacker News - the font looks all jagged (screenshot... it actually looks better in the screenshot that on the screen 
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Any ideas what could be wrong here?
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#2 2020-04-29 14:47:06
- seth
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Re: Small fonts aren't rendering nicely
it actually looks better in the screenshot that on the screen
Wrong subpixel layout?
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/subpixel.php
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#3 2020-05-01 05:35:01
- zoran119
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Re: Small fonts aren't rendering nicely
it actually looks better in the screenshot that on the screen
Wrong subpixel layout?
http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/subpixel.php
Looks like it is RGB, which is what I have it set to. Other layouts didn't make it better.
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#4 2020-05-01 05:46:06
- jasonwryan
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Re: Small fonts aren't rendering nicely
I followed this to configure my fonts, and they look quite good now, apart from what I can best describe as "small fonts". Primary example is Hacker News - the font looks all jagged (screenshot... it actually looks better in the screenshot that on the screen
Any ideas what could be wrong here?
Yes, that guide is crap. Use https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_configuration
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#5 2020-05-01 06:31:45
- seth
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Re: Small fonts aren't rendering nicely
Did the fonts look bad before applying those changes?
If not, I'd remove 11-lcdfilter-default.conf
If that's not it, we'll need a better understanding of what "all jagged" actually is (typically aliasing, but that should show on screenshots):
How did you take the screenshot?
Do the bad fonts look like the falsely subpixel rendered in that demo page at all?
Can you capture the effect on a photo? (You might have to use a tripod for a stable short distance focus)
Finally, is this X11 or wayland?
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