Hi All,
@Werner Lemberg
Thanks for the info. My next step will be to go through the FontConfig bug
list and source.
@Peter Grandi
Unfortunately (for... ... reasons), it's not an option to change the
font in the application, and the font must render exactly the same,
pixel-perfect.
I ended up
> The specific font I was focussing on is from "LiberationMono-Regular.ttf"
In Ubuntu 20 I have tried ('ftview' is part of 'freetype2-demos')::
ftview 17 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation/LiberationMono-Regular.ttf
and then cycled through various rendering modes with "l" and it
was fairly
> The specific font I was focussing on is from
> "LiberationMono-Regular.ttf" (attached). I don't *think* it contains
> embedded bitmaps?
No, it doesn't.
> The confusing part is, I've used the same file on Ubuntu 8, Ubuntu
> 10 and Ubuntu 16 and it renders correctly on all of them.
It's
Ben Smith
>> Date: Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 4:44 PM
>> Subject: Re: Truetype scaled font issue
>> To: Werner LEMBERG
>>
>>
>> Hi Werner,
>>
>> Thanks for the quick response. I installed OpenSUSE.
>>
>> 1. $ sudo zypper install xfontsel
>
but it
has modes where it ignores those. The operating system or app chooses which
mode it uses.
On Sat, 28 Aug 2021 at 08:58, Ben Smith wrote:
> -- Forwarded message -
> From: Ben Smith
> Date: Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 4:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Truetype scaled font issue
Hi Peter,
Thanks for the response.
I can reproduce the issue in OpenSUSE as well. I just sent Werner some
comparison screenshots.
Apologies for the confusing email.
Cheers,
Ben
On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 4:35 PM pg--- via FreeType users <
freetype@nongnu.org> wrote:
> > I'm curious why many
> I'm curious why many scaled fonts look perfect in Ubuntu 16
> (freetype 2.6.1) , but terrible in Ubuntu 20 (2.10.1). To
> reproduce in Ubuntu 20:
Perhaps you should ask on an Ubuntu mailing list, as you
describe an Ubuntu issue, the assumption that Freetype is
involved is not entirely
> I'm curious why many scaled fonts look perfect in Ubuntu 16
> (freetype 2.6.1) , but terrible in Ubuntu 20 (2.10.1).
Which font? Images, please.
> To reproduce in Ubuntu 20:
>
> 1. $ xfontsel -scaled
> 2. Select these options: fndry=misc, family=fixed, pxlsz=17.
> 3. Observe ugly font.
>
