Andrew, thank you for responding. My questions are based on my observation that Windows (XP, Vista, 7) and Max OS X have better font rendering architecture. I do not know why but it is. My idea is to start discussion how we could improve it on GNOME, so our GUI could be as clean and glossy as others.
Also, Nimbus theme, from my perspective has to be improved. Icons in Explorer are huge corresponding to the other parts of window, and all theme wasting so much space on the screen. That is my opinion. Thanks, Uros Nedic P.S:I tried everything and it helped a little. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:xwin-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of andrew Sent: June 11, 2009 11:10 PM To: xwin-discuss at opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [xwin-discuss] X plans for 2010.02 > > When I adjust same pixel/inch resolution (usually > 96) on Win XP and on OS, > > same OpenType font doesn't look same on the > display. I have feeling that Win > > XP > > display cleaner (better) fonts. Could it be > changed? > > There are a number of options you can try in the Font > tab of the Appearance > preferences that change how they are rendered. If > that's not it, and someone > who knew about font rendering could figure out the > problem and submit a patch > to the upstream, then we'd get it in the next update > from upstream. We don't > really have anyone here who works on that level of > font rendering. New versions of Ubuntu set the default hinting level for fonts to "slight" which produces the cleanest look at 96dpi - I haven't tried it at other resolutions though. Can you try setting the hinting level to "slight" and see if that improves things for you? Cheers Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ xwin-discuss mailing list xwin-discuss at opensolaris.org
