[Documentation-packages] [Bug 1536751] Re: Font/text rendering is irregular and not pixel-aligned on low DPI screens

2017-02-15 Thread Daniel van Vugt
** No longer affects: qtmir -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Documentation Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-font-family- sources in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1536751 Title: Font/text rendering is irregular and not pixel-aligned on low DPI

[Documentation-packages] [Bug 1536751] Re: Font/text rendering is irregular and not pixel-aligned on low DPI screens

2017-02-15 Thread Daniel van Vugt
It might be acceptable if the hinting was higher quality, but I think that would require caching of whole strings (possibly with kerning) rather than caching of individual glyphs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Documentation Packages, which is subscribed to

[Documentation-packages] [Bug 1536751] Re: Font/text rendering is irregular and not pixel-aligned on low DPI screens

2017-02-15 Thread Daniel van Vugt
Also the two lower-case u's in "Ubuntu App Test" have particularly different appearance. It seems Qt is placing glyphs according to a higher fractional precision than the resolution of the display, which while technically correct also creates unacceptable blurring of text at low DPI. -- You

[Documentation-packages] [Bug 1536751] Re: Font/text rendering is irregular and not pixel-aligned on low DPI screens

2017-02-15 Thread Daniel van Vugt
I can now see part of the problem more clearly. If you look at labels that contain the same letter multiple times like "Calculator" or "Security & Privacy", then it becomes apparent that the clarity of that same letter changes depending on where it is in the word. Given that Qt caches individual

[Documentation-packages] [Bug 1536751] Re: Font/text rendering is irregular and not pixel-aligned on low DPI screens

2017-02-15 Thread Daniel van Vugt
** Also affects: qtdeclarative-opensource-src (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Documentation Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-font-family- sources in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1536751