I realize that this is of marginal relevance to this mailing list, but I like you guys, so I wanted to ask here first:
As soon as I got my 4.1 CDs (great theme, by the way), I popped them into my old Inspiron 8200 and started the install. For kicks, I decided to recompile XF4 with FreeType's BCI hinting (by uncommenting the line #define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER in xc/lib/font/FreeType/module/ftoption.h). I then enabled hinting and sub-pixel anti-aliasing with the following X resource settings: Xft.hinting: true Xft.hintstyle: hintfull Xft.antialias: rgba Xft.rgba: rgb These settings make 90% of my fonts look amazing. However, in certain fonts -- especially Georgia and Bitstream Vera Serif -- glyphs' diagonal lines now appear "blotchy". Here's an example of Georgia at 14pt in Firefox: http://markshroyer.com/files/georgia-hinted.png On the other hand, if I set "Xft.hinting: false" (reverting FreeType to its patent-unencumbered auto-hinting mode, if I am not mistaken), everything returns to normal: except that my Webcore fonts are no longer as crisp as genuine pixel-aligned TrueType hinting would allow for, of course. I'm sure I'm not the only one here who's recompiled XF4 for TrueType hinting, so any (ahem) hints? Thanks in advance... Mark -- Mark Shroyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://markshroyer.com/
