On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 7:27 PM, J. Jones <jbjonesjr+...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello list, > I have what is probably a simple configuration failure on my part, but i > figure the list is a good place to start: > > When generating WMS tiles from GEOServer and presenting them via a SLD > style, the fonts displayed look... bad. I've attached some links to a side > by side comparison that I did to the font being rendered via the WMS+SLD > solution, and one rendered via a geojson output from geoserver, displayed as > an openlayers vector layer (therefore using browser svg technology for the > rendering). I would expect both to look similar (if anything, the advantage > given to the server-based geoserver/wms solution, but that does not seem to > be the result. > > Side by side comparison: > http://cwg.jbjonesjr.com/notes/GeoserverFontProblem.jpg > WMS+SLD only http://cwg.jbjonesjr.com/notes/geoserver-tile-text.jpg > GEOJSON + Openlayers + Firefox 13 + SVG: > http://cwg.jbjonesjr.com/notes/svg-tile-text.jpg > > You can clearly see the difference between the Client rendered fonts and the > server rendered fonts. > > Geoserver specifics: > OS: Ubuntu 8.11 > Kernel: 3.0.0-12 > JVM: Sun Microsystems Inc.: 1.6.0_23 (OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM) > Native JAI/ImageIO : true > DataStore: PostGIS > Fonts: Arial Bold is listed as an available font > > I have not delved into any of the geoserver logs yet to look for anything > associated with this issue. Maybe it's an openjdk image rendering problem, > but figured I'd start here.
Yep, fonts are looking bad, almost as if they were not antialiased. As reported many times on this list, OpenJDK java2d subsystem is still quite sub-par, especially so the 1.6.x series one (I hear the OpenJDK 7 is somewhat better). Long story short, I'd suggest switch to Oracle JDK instead Cheers Andrea -- Ing. Andrea Aime GeoSolutions S.A.S. Tech lead Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 55054 Massarosa (LU) Italy phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 962313 mob: +39 339 8844549 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://geo-solutions.blogspot.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/GeoSolutionsIT http://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaaime http://twitter.com/geowolf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
