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 > >> > >> > > > > <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 > =========================================================================== > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
