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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 t

• 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.