Oh, this is so cool. I will give it a try asap and report. Thanks, Om
On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > So, I did some digging and found that: > > 1) Before the change to default to mx:Label, the Mustella chart tests were > using Spark Label with embedded fonts. > 2) There was already plumbing to better support Spark Label in Charts. I > didn't know about it, but it appears that you are supposed to use the > MXFTEText.css theme [2]. I tried it on the sample in FLEX-34909 [1] and > it seemed to work there. It would be great if someone would confirm. > FWIW, I found that in [2] I had to use the actual path to MXFTEText.css, I > couldn't just start with "frameworks/projects..." > > So, I think we should revert back to defaulting to using Spark Label and > then these tests should start passing again. > > Thoughts? > -Alex > > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLEX-34909 > [2] > http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flex/using/WSda78ed3a750d6b8f-26a13bbf123c44123 > 9d-8000.html > > > On 12/11/15, 11:32 AM, "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > >I don't see any obvious degradation, but I know folks much better eyes > >than I do. I think you are seeing the difference in rendering between > >device and embedded fonts and maybe also TextLine vs TextField. > > > >There have been complaints in the past about embedded fonts looking more > >fuzzy or blurry compared to device fonts. I think it has to do with the > >glyph renderer getting too confident that it can render stems on > >half-pixels instead of messing with kerning to try to put stems on pixels. > > > >-Alex > > > >From: Mark Kessler > ><kesslerconsult...@gmail.com<mailto:kesslerconsult...@gmail.com>> > >Reply-To: "dev@flex.apache.org<mailto:dev@flex.apache.org>" > ><dev@flex.apache.org<mailto:dev@flex.apache.org>> > >Date: Friday, December 11, 2015 at 11:21 AM > >To: "dev@flex.apache.org<mailto:dev@flex.apache.org>" > ><dev@flex.apache.org<mailto:dev@flex.apache.org>> > >Subject: Re: mustella for charts > > > >Original baseline image: http://tinypic.com/r/245y5xe/9 > >Current Bad image: http://tinypic.com/r/f0nnd0/9 > > > > > > > >On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Mark Kessler > ><kesslerconsult...@gmail.com<mailto:kesslerconsult...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >I'll hold off then for now. But I can tell you the current fonts being > >shown in the baseline have a higher clarity than what the new baselines > >would show. I'll see if this example goes through. First is current, > >second is the new one. > > > > > >[Inline image 3][Inline image 4] > >-Mark > > > >On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Alex Harui > ><aha...@adobe.com<mailto:aha...@adobe.com>> wrote: > > > > > >On 12/11/15, 9:57 AM, "omup...@gmail.com<mailto:omup...@gmail.com> on > >behalf of OmPrakash Muppirala" > ><omup...@gmail.com<mailto:omup...@gmail.com> on behalf of > >bigosma...@gmail.com<mailto:bigosma...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > >>Do you know if Spark labels ever worked with Charts? I dont think so. > > > >I was wondering that myself. Somehow, the current chart baseline images > >are showing text, so one thing I was going to do was dig into it to see > >whether it was using TextLine or TextField. Maybe it is using TextLine > >with device fonts. Certainly, your changes caused subtle rendering > >differences and it might be useful to truly understand what the impact > >will be. If someone could use right-to-left text with TextLine and device > >fonts in Charts today, then replacing TextLine with TextField will break > >them. > > > >-Alex > > > > > > > >
