Ok, well I've not compiled the freetype plugin for V5.x yet, so whatever is happening it's not using freetype.
Someone will need to decide if the bitblt override plugin should be part of the base system? There seems to be lots of confusion about what smalltalk software, which VM version, and if it's using an override BitBlt plugin. Maybe someone can detail the choices and decide which is the most optimum for Pharo. For testing purposes I *believe* you can run the V5.0 VM on powerpc, or on MacIntel set use 32bit mode in get info. Then included the plugins as shipped with the 4.2.2 VM. You still might need to confirm the 32bit FreeType plugin gets loaded. The V5.0 Vm has the latest bitblt changes from VMMaker, but that might be different than the ones in the older BitBlt override. On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Adrian Lienhard <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems that with your setup the FreeType fonts are rendered without > subpixel AA. > > I use the Mac VM, I think with the extra BitBlt plugin, and they look > better. > > Adrian > > On Dec 6, 2009, at 21:10 , Levente Uzonyi wrote: > > > Idézet (Adrian Lienhard <[email protected]>): > > > >> On Dec 6, 2009, at 19:43 , Levente Uzonyi wrote: > >> > >>> On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, Adrian Lienhard wrote: > >>> > >>>> Thanks, Marcus! > >>>> > >>>> One step closer to 1.0. > >>>> > >>>> Damien, I suggest not to select FreeType font in the Pharo image > >>>> anymore but keep the Bitmap DejaVu font that comes with the core > >>>> image > >>>> now. The bitmap font is not that perfect, but apparently the speed > >>> > >>> Not that perfect? What's the problem with it? > >> > >> E.g., colon and dot are so small that I sometimes think they are > >> missing (do you see the dot on the first line in the attached > >> png?). Character spacing is sometimes strange. Its not bad at all, > >> but not perfect either. > >> > > > > I guess it depends on your monitor's pixel size, I see the dot > > clearly. > > > >>> FreeType's anti-aliasing is crappy compared to BitmapDejaVu. > >> > >> What is crappy? > >> > > > > Crappy = low quality. > > See the attached image. > > > > > > Levente > > > >> Adrian > >> > >> > > > > <fonts.png>_______________________________________________ > > Pharo-project mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project > -- =========================================================================== John M. McIntosh <[email protected]> Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com ===========================================================================
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