That's great to hear Kevin!
> On 18 Aug 2014, at 10:39 pm, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushfo...@oracle.com> > wrote: > > >> As for LCD on Canvas, I am very pleased that it is being addressed and even >> though I want it right now, JFX 9 fits fairly well with my timeline. >> Hopefully there will be preview releases to test in the not too distant >> future... > > Btw, as I mentioned in another thread we are looking to pull LCD-on-Canvas > into an 8-update release (possibly 8u40). > > -- Kevin > > > > John C. Turnbull wrote: >> Hi Felipe, >> >> Thanks for your prompt and informative response. >> >> I won't be able to get access to a Windows machine for another week or so >> but when I do I will gladly send you some screenshots. However, are you >> saying that this is the first time anyone has reported such a finding? >> There's no existing JIRA for this specific issue? I ask because even though >> people tell me I am super fussy with fonts and see things others just can't >> see, I have observed the stated discrepancy on *every* Windows machine I >> have tried with JFX 8 (about 4 quite different machines) so I would be very >> surprised if no one else notices a difference. >> >> Thanks for the J1 suggestion but sadly I will not be able to attend this >> year. >> >> As for LCD on Canvas, I am very pleased that it is being addressed and even >> though I want it right now, JFX 9 fits fairly well with my timeline. >> Hopefully there will be preview releases to test in the not too distant >> future... >> >> Cheers, >> >> -jct >> >> >>> On 18 Aug 2014, at 9:00 pm, Felipe Heidrich <felipe.heidr...@oracle.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi John, >>> >>> 1) >>> There are many different ways to configure DirectWrite, but without more >>> details I can not tell what that is for your case. >>> Maybe the first thing to try is to go to DWGlyph#createAnalysis() and >>> changed the rendering mode from DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_NATURAL to >>> DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_GDI_CLASSIC or DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE_GDI_NATURAL. >>> That said, there are many other knobs to try and combine. >>> >>> You can also file a jira with images of your javaFX application and a >>> native app using the very same font and size, same foreground, and same >>> background. That should enable me to try it on my machine too. >>> >>> In case you are coming to JavaOne this year, you could bring your laptop >>> and application, I have a BOF on text rendering scheduled. We could hack >>> some code together and maybe find a solution. >>> >>> 2) >>> LCD text rendering on Canvas is assigned to Jim, see >>> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-23822 >>> The fix version recored on jira is 9, it would be nice if we could get it >>> before that but I don’t know if it is possible, Jim ? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Felipe >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Aug 18, 2014, at 1:28 AM, John C. Turnbull <ozem...@ozemail.com.au> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Felipe, >>>> >>>> I just finished watching your excellent presentation at SVJUGFX on text >>>> rendering with JavaFX and have a couple of multi part questions: >>>> >>>> 1) I noted that DirectWrite is now used to rasterise fonts on Windows >>>> instead of T2K or GDI and I for one am pleased about this. However, no >>>> matter what I do I just can't get JavaFX text to be rendered as crisply or >>>> as "black" as I see in native Windows apps that also use DirectWrite. The >>>> result is that my app undesirably "stands out" from a native app. >>>> >>>> What could be the cause of this? I saw that DirectWrite provides several >>>> options for rendering text and that currently only the default one is >>>> being applied so could it have something to do with this? >>>> >>>> Is work being done to reduce the differential between JavaFX text >>>> rendering quality and that of native Windows apps? >>>> >>>> 2) I appreciated the explanation relating to LCD text in Canvas and the >>>> issue with the Canvas initially bring a transparent surface making later >>>> blending with an actual background problematic leading to greyscale >>>> support only. >>>> >>>> Given that many of us see this as a very serious impediment to developing >>>> complex controls that use Canvas, is there a focus within the JFX team on >>>> finding a way of supporting LCD text in Canvas and if so, which JFX >>>> version is likely to first include this support? >>>> >>>> Thanks again for a great talk and for all the hard work you have put into >>>> improving text rendering in JavaFX :-) >>>> >>>> -jct >>>>
