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At least it's not always some obscure option tucked away in some file of which has it's own syntax and must be googled for another users experience or HOWTO...Looking at you Linux. Unfortunately, I find linux much easier to develop in so I'm stuck there for now. ;-) On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Slava Pestov <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the hints, guys. Those Windows control panels sure are > cluttered and poorly organized! Now that I've enabled ClearType I've > been able to reproduce the problem. It seems to be a bug in Pango > itself; the metrics it is reporting seem too small by a pixel or so in > some cases, and creating an offscreen context with additional padding > doesn't help. > > Since my Uniscribe binding is coming along pretty well, I'd rather not > spend more time debugging Pango. It has another show-stopper problem > on 64-bit Windows as well, so we have to stop using it eventually > anyway. I'll just focus on Uniscribe -- it should be ready in a few > days. In the meantime, you can disable ClearType, or use an older > Factor release. > > Slava > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Adam <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can enable clear type through the Effects button on the Appearance > tab > > of the Display Properties. > > > > Right click the desktop and click properties or use the Control Panel > applet > > named Display. > > > > Here's what the Effects dialogue looks like: > > > > http://screencast.com/t/cTkcKHFm3cr > > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Kyle Cordes <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Slava Pestov wrote: > >> > rounding it down when making the bitmap instead of rounding it up. > >> > Since I'm a newb at Windows, can you tell me how to enable subpixel > >> > text rendering so that I can reproduce and fix this issue? > >> > >> Microsoft calls their implementation ClearType. There are several ways > >> to turn it on; one is via this web page: > >> > >> http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/tuner/step1.aspx > >> > >> (I find it somewhat strange to use a web page to adjust a local computer > >> setting.) > >> > >> There is also a control panel applet if you prefer: > >> > >> http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypePowertoy.mspx > >> > >> (The above applied to Windows XP, I don't have a Vista machine handy.) > >> > >> -- > >> Kyle Cordes > >> http://kylecordes.com > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Factor-talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Factor-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Factor-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk >
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