On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 03:36, Robert S. Sfeir wrote: > Ok, I've updated my font.properties file in my jdk so I stop getting the > stupid symbol font error when it starts up, but what I can't understand > is why is it that the fonts for the ide interface are so my easier to > read on windows, than they are on Linux. I am using RedHat 7.2 with > Ximian Gnome, and I've even gone through the trouble of setting up the > windows true type fonts in my default setup in the hopes that they get > used somehow, but no dice. > > It's not like all my fonts suck on Linux, just IDEA's fonts. Lame to > complain about this, but it goes along the lines of making an IDE run > just as well on Windows as it does on a Mac or Unix box. > > > If someone has a good remedy please let me know!
This is due to the JDK 1.3 truetype font renderer, which does not use hinting and therefore produces horrible bitmaps from the scalable truetype fonts at small pixel sizes. If I remember correctly fonts looked much better before Java2D, when the X font system was used instead. In Java2D, Java wants complete control of every pixel so a built-in renderer is used. I have no idea why the windows version is better, though, but at least JDK 1.4 has hinting and looks much, much better on a Linux system. As a workaround I hacked a version of JComponent that turns on anti-aliasing. It's not quite as sharp but in general looks much better. If you want to do that too you should be able to find the description in the mailing list archives. _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
