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Meh... and this army of developers still hasn't figured out how to ship a distro with a proper font rendering. Having to do [1] is insane. And every time you br
by old-gregg 9y ago
Meh... and this army of developers still hasn't figured out how to ship a distro with a proper font rendering. Having to do [1] is insane. And every time you bring this up, there's always "looks fine to me" or "a matter of taste" argument. Nope it's not.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/5ea3bx/font_rendering_in_fedora_25/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/5ea3bx/font_renderi...
- vetinari 9y agoI understand your frustration, but the difference between freetype and freetype-freeworld is exactly one define: FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING I'm sure you know why Fedora didn't enable that. It's not because they wouldn't want it.
- MisterKent 9y agoSorry, I don't know why. Care to explain?
- schoen 9y agoApparently https://freetype.org/patents.html https://freetype.org/patents.html
- ZenoArrow 9y agoDidn't know about that. Thanks for the link. When is the last of the ClearType patents due to expire? Is the patent expiry date based on the Publication date/Filing date/Priority date + a fixed number of years?
- schoen 9y agoI didn't know about this before myself, so I'm afraid I'm not in a position to help clarify your questions.
- INTPenis 9y agoIt's not a matter of figuring out. It's an issue with patents. Fedora is actually pretty strict about free software. Also you can check out Fedy which makes those steps much easier.