Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:15:17 -0700 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-current@www.freebsd.org, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Subject: Re: Beta2: Nice job! Message-ID: <20050822141517.GC27233@raqdevil.offmyserver.com> In-Reply-To: <4309DB94.5090805@centtech.com> References: <17161.51084.456346.976929@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <1124715244.75167.40.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> <17161.53691.614602.758290@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <4309D293.8030104@centtech.com> <17161.55733.272571.61428@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20050822140150.GB27233@raqdevil.offmyserver.com> <4309DB94.5090805@centtech.com>
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 09:05:08AM -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: > Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 09:57:09AM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > >>Eric Anderson writes: > >>> > >>> Just to check the obvious, but, you are certain you are running at the > >>> native resolution of the LCD panel, correct? > >> > >>Yep, its running at the native resolution. > >> > >>Drew > > > > > >For what it's worth, I've always found the anti-aliasing of fonts in > >GTK applications to be sub-par. They all use Bitstream Vera at a > >ridiculously small font size and seem to blur into the background by > >like two pixels on each side. I don't mind Bitstream Vera at all, > >but I agree, I cannot stand the way antialiased fonts look in these > >applications. > > Agreed - it isn't perfect at all, but better than nothing (for me, but > not everyone it seems). Is there a way to change it? I have to say, > that Windows fonts nearly always look great. Windows uses larger fonts. I think the default menu fonts in Firefox are something ludicrous like 8 or 9 pt; I believe Windows and Mac use between 10 - 12 pt fonts for this. I _think_ that I have fiddled with font sizes and been satisfied with the anti-aliasing at larger sizes before. Ah, I remember, I'm probably thinking about fiddling with Bitstream anti-aliased fonts in Plan 9 and finding I had the same problems when I got the fonts down to below a certain size. The rendering works differently, so it only really looks good at 12 - 14 pt, but I think the real issue is the default size. I'm unfortunatly not running an AA-enabled Firefox right now, though, otherwise I'd check. Some TT fonts are better for anti-aliasing than others. I guess there's nothing other than Bitstream Vera that we can rely on for now, though. > Eric > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology > Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Devon
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