Hi, On 11 May 2009, at 19:56, Christopher Barker wrote: > Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearType > > Reading that web page, I'm not convinced MS made the right decision > here > -- on my monitor (which is a ViewSonic LCD, probably pretty > standard), > I'm not sure the ClearType examples really look any better, and they > certainly could look worse on other displays.
I -- personally -- am not a fan of Microsoft's implementation of subpixel rendering either. I feel that it applies far too heavy hinting to glyphs in order to force them into the pixel grid. However, studies have shown that people like what they're used to. (E.g., when Safari 3 was released for Windows Apple ported their own font rendering engine -- which uses almost no hinting -- provoking many complains from Windows users, who had gotten used to their well hinted glyphs.) > I say just turn it off everywhere, it's the safer bet. If adding a configuration option is not viable (complexity of doing so, potentially confusion to users, not enough scope, &c) then yes -- disabling it is the safest option. But for those who do have it enabled for their desktop it would be good if Matplotlib was able to respect that for onscreen rendering. Regards, Freddie. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
