Yes cleaning a bit would be good because with all these numbers and 
configurations this is not easy
to follow.

Stef

On Dec 6, 2009, at 10:14 PM, John McIntosh wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >>
> >
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