Re: Using FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING

["Joel Carnat" <joel%carnat.net@localhost>]

Le Ven 28 novembre 2008 1:13, David H. Gutteridge a écrit :
>>
>>I've completed the Xorg recompiling with ftoption.h and gnome/gtk still
>>doesn't look like ubuntu's version. I'm recompiling the whole
>>meta-pkg/gnome to check if it's different with the new/modified
>> ftoption.h
>>and Xorg librairies.
>
> (I couldn't tell you offhand how to get fonts to look how Ubuntu's do,
> I've never used Ubuntu.  I'd think the first question is which fonts do
> they use specifically.)
>

Here's a comparison of what I get under NetBSD and Ubuntu:
http://test.tumfatig.net/fonts.NetBSD.png
http://test.tumfatig.net/fonts.ubuntu.png

http://test.tumfatig.net/details.NetBSD.png
http://test.tumfatig.net/details.ubuntu.png

It's not that much different.
But different enough, to my eye, to make the Ubuntu version really perfect.

I even copied /etc/fonts and every fonts from Ubuntu into NetBSD and
disabled every reference to native conf and fonts from NetBSD but it's not
enough.

The only thing I notice was that NetBSD has different family name for
"dejavu sans" (Condensed, Light) when Ubuntu doesn't - eventhough the
files are from Ubuntu...

>>Is there a way to know if GTK is rendering using SUBPIXEL_RENDERING other
>>that the eyes ? What kind of debug information can I get, and how ? :)
>>
>>I'm activating subpixel rendering from the gnome appearance preferences
>>dialog box and selecting "Subpixel smoothing (LCDs)". I've identified the
>>following parameters that could impact the rendering:
>>- Xorg server (autodetected) dpi
>>- Xft.* parameters
>>- /etc/fonts configuration files
>>- fonts names and directories
>>Is there something else missing that I should look at ?
>
> This (might be a bit out of date) is what I've used in the past as my
> reference: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/x/#anti_aliased
>

thanks, I (re)read it but there's nothing I didn't already tried :(

Regards,
    Jo

PS: maybe this thread belongs to current-users@ rather than tech-x11@ ?