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Can someone say if the font rendering is improved compared to previous releases? This might sound like nitpicking but it's the thing that kept me from switching

by twa927 7y ago

Can someone say if the font rendering is improved compared to previous releases? This might sound like nitpicking but it's the thing that kept me from switching from Ubuntu, which generally has superb font rendering.

muterad_murilax 7y ago
We would have known if they didn't hate screenshots.
bluedino 7y ago
It's the same, and it won't change due to licensing. You can change it on your own, however. https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/8bh7av/quick_font_rendering_fix/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/8bh7av/quick_font_r...
- bubblethink 7y ago
  Didn't the MS patent PR puff piece solve shit like this ?
old-gregg 7y ago
It's not nitpicking at all. Readability of text is hugely important, especially if your job is to read text on computer monitors all day. Also, I saw this in the news a while ago: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-ClearType-Subpixel-Font https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-C... ... so it looks like it's enabled, but not configured? If Fedora's freetype contains all the patches, perhaps the Reddit thread above is obsolete now?
- twa927 7y ago
  > Also, I saw this in the news a while ago: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-C.. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-C.... Hmm, that's interesting, so this is the same ClearType algorithm as the one currently used in Windows 10? I actually hope Linux distros won't switch to Windows-like antialiasing, I definitely prefer Ubuntu's antialiasing (Windows' fonts are too thin an pixelated for me).
  - abtinf 7y ago
    Have you tried using the built-in ClearType Tuner to tweak the rendering to your liking?
    - twa927 7y ago
      Yes, I run it several times, but each time the effect wasn't noticeably better. And I would prefer to have an option for an explicit configuration of the rendering properties (like "hinting: slight/medium/none") instead of going through a series of sample screens, because this is getting really tiresome after a few passes... I recently switched to a 4K/24" monitor and I actually cannot say that the Windows fonts are pixelated, but they are still too thin. And the larger fonts don't look good - as if the hinting was completely disabled for them.
dralley 7y ago
What was the last version you used? It's enormously improved over, say, Fedora 23. If you had issues with a newer version like, say, 28, I don't know. I don't personally have an issue with it.

by twa927 7y ago

muterad_murilax 7y ago

We would have known if they didn't hate screenshots.

bluedino 7y ago

It's the same, and it won't change due to licensing. You can change it on your own, however. https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/8bh7av/quick_font_rendering_fix/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/8bh7av/quick_font_r...

bubblethink 7y ago
Didn't the MS patent PR puff piece solve shit like this ?

old-gregg 7y ago

It's not nitpicking at all. Readability of text is hugely important, especially if your job is to read text on computer monitors all day. Also, I saw this in the news a while ago: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-ClearType-Subpixel-Font https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-C... ... so it looks like it's enabled, but not configured? If Fedora's freetype contains all the patches, perhaps the Reddit thread above is obsolete now?

twa927 7y ago
> Also, I saw this in the news a while ago: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-C.. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-C.... Hmm, that's interesting, so this is the same ClearType algorithm as the one currently used in Windows 10? I actually hope Linux distros won't switch to Windows-like antialiasing, I definitely prefer Ubuntu's antialiasing (Windows' fonts are too thin an pixelated for me).
- abtinf 7y ago
  Have you tried using the built-in ClearType Tuner to tweak the rendering to your liking?
  - twa927 7y ago
    Yes, I run it several times, but each time the effect wasn't noticeably better. And I would prefer to have an option for an explicit configuration of the rendering properties (like "hinting: slight/medium/none") instead of going through a series of sample screens, because this is getting really tiresome after a few passes... I recently switched to a 4K/24" monitor and I actually cannot say that the Windows fonts are pixelated, but they are still too thin. And the larger fonts don't look good - as if the hinting was completely disabled for them.

dralley 7y ago

What was the last version you used? It's enormously improved over, say, Fedora 23. If you had issues with a newer version like, say, 28, I don't know. I don't personally have an issue with it.