On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:11:18 -1000 "Jason Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> I switched from Bytecode to Automatic and it looks better. Characters > in the WM look sharp and clean, but fonts in, say, Firefox look fuzzy e has/does no control over how an application renders. the stuff "inside" a window border is rendered by the application and whatever toolkit it may use (gtk, qt, motif, something else etc.). e doesnt have control over that as these toolkits have their own control mechanisms. (NB: most of these now happen to use fontconfig and xft so you could twiddle them that way to a degree). btw - sounds like your freetype DOESNT support bytecode hinting if fonts are fuzzy with it on: http://www.rasterman.com/files/e17_shelf_test_06.png see that? the fonts? do they look "clear" to you? they definitely are clear. thats is freetype WITH bytecode hinting on. but sometimes your distribution will not compile bytecode hinting into freetype and so you end up with no hinting or autohinting or some mess. > and/or inconsistantly shaded. I'm using freetype with BCI and truetype > fonts (Times New Roman, Veranda, Tahoma from the Web Fonts package). > In the Gnome DE I think I can turn off anti aliasing but keep the BCI > hinting and it looks much better (in the WM _and_ in apps). I am > completely willing to belive that I have poor taste in font rendering, > but I do know that I much prefer clean hard edged fonts on an LCD to > fuzzy ones. i do too - i like the font to be clear and sharp and only the CURVES and DIAGONALS get anti-aliased. all the usual horizontal and vertical lines are nicely spaces and sharp. the default is for e to use bytecode hinting - but you can change this. as for other apps - you may want to try kcontrol and gnome-control-center as gui config apps to fiddle with font settings. > Is there a way to turn off anti aliasing at compile/link time but keep > BCI hinting? Is there something I can #ifdef out in the code? no - e has no option to turn aa off - because when the fonts are nicely hinted and bytecode or autohinting is working - they are sharp and clear even with aa. see my screenshot above. > Thanks > > On 4/14/06, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:40:05 -1000 "Jason Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > babbled: > > > > > How does one turn off anti aliasing in E17? I'm using an LCD, and I > > > think it would look a lot better. > > > > no it won't. nb - u can't turn it off - u can play with hinting though > > (there is a dialog for it) > > > > > Thanks ... > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > > > language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the > > > live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new > > > coding territory! > > > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd_______________________________________________ > > > enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 裸好多 > > Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
