From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 14 16:39:12 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A2161065679 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:39:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from npapke@acm.org) Received: from idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA5558FC0C for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:39:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pd3ml2so-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.141.138]) by pd4mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 14 Dec 2009 09:39:11 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=1 a=iJ3yJbDAsocA:10 a=VF9RaR9bft6c8SsOr3WyFg==:17 a=FP58Ms26AAAA:8 a=wIDOsr026tiknrIB3I0A:9 a=XD_QUbKShTkyqFWWPtQjpaoNHu4A:4 Received: from unknown (HELO proven.lan) ([24.85.241.34]) by pd3ml2so-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 14 Dec 2009 09:39:11 -0700 Received: from proven.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by proven.lan (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBEGdAwB087682; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:39:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from npapke@acm.org) Received: (from npapke@localhost) by proven.lan (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBEGdAjX087681; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:39:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from npapke@acm.org) X-Authentication-Warning: proven.lan: npapke set sender to npapke@acm.org using -f From: Norbert Papke To: pav@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:39:10 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-STABLE; KDE/4.3.4; amd64; ; ) References: <200912141451.nBEEpIqM081040@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200912141451.nBEEpIqM081040@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200912140839.10642.npapke@acm.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/139603: [patch] Clarify subpixel smoothing for fonts in Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:39:12 -0000 Although some smoothing is performed even with the option disabled, enabling the option does improve the visual quality of the rendered font. IMHO the difference is quite apparent. There are some note about this in the API documentation: http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2- lcd_filtering.html Cheers, -- Norbert Papke.