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When you say "bad rendering", do you mean glyph rendering (FreeType) or the layout stack?

• naner 16y ago
  It sounds like he is talking about rasterization which is handled by FreeType.
  • tptacek 16y ago
    Kerning is a property of the font, not of the renderer.
    • naner 16y ago
      I replied to this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1496177 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1496177 The problem with Linux typography isn't a lack of fonts, it's bad rendering. I can buy a font from Adobe. I can't buy a better font renderer for Linux. He couldn't have been talking about individual font properties since he said high quality fonts don't make any difference.
      • tptacek 16y ago
        I agree. I think it's remarkable that in taking an overt step to improve Linux typography, they managed to compound their problems by introducing a weak, quirky new default font.