On Wednesday, May 3, 2023 3:45:21 PM CEST Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> I've just tested a self-compiled version of current git, together with
> the `ftview` demo program, using UbuntuMono-R.ttf (version 0.8, last
> modified 2011-09-26). Attached is a screenshot of the following call
>
> ftview -kA5
On Thursday, May 4, 2023 9:52:43 AM CEST Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> I think you misremember, for the reason mentioned above – just to be
> sure I've checked now that this variation font has no B/W hinting
> instructions. Its hinting was certainly equally bad with an older
> version of FreeType.
Ok,
On Thursday, May 4, 2023 6:28:47 PM CEST Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> Below 12ppem, essentially *all* fonts, whether they are serif or
> sans-serif, look exactly the same – there are simply not enough
> possibilities to position the pixels differently and still maintain
> legibility. You might simply
On Thursday, May 4, 2023 5:14:10 PM CEST Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > I'm curious if they have motivation to make bad fonts with no
> > hinting? does it somehow help when/if anti-aliasing is turned on?
>
>
> The relation between cost and benefit is no longer given: The
> percentage of people who
Hi,
Ubuntu 23.04 has a regression in hinted font rendering and possibly RGB
subpixel rendering. I already tried replacing libfreetype with the last known
good version of 22.10 and compiled 2.13.0 to see if that made any improvements
but it didn't (as far as I can tell).
I do understand that
