http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2202
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-03-09 18:51 ------- Thanks Adam for the info (which I already know) since I use both CRT and LCD monitors. According to the page http://grc.com/ctwhat.htm : "So even though sub-pixel rendering is better than nothing on CRT's, its "colorized" aspects only really work on LCD displays. " What Adam is ignorant of is said in the phrase "better than nothing on CRT's". I have confirmed that enabling sub-pixel hinting _does_ have an effect on anti-aliased font rendering on CRT's too. Try looking at an anti-aliased black colored text thru "xmag" with and without the sub-pixel hinting option enabled. You will see that (for sub-pixel hinting enabled) many pixels have different colors (red , blue ...) as opposed to monochrome pixels varying only in greyscale (for no sub-pixel hinting). Now, on a CRT, since they are no sub-pixels, it would be more appropriate to call it "pixel-hinting" but that does not change the fact that whatever goes in the name of "sub-pixel hinting" on a CRT does make a difference. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: NEW creation_date: description: Using mdk-9.1rc1. In kcontrol->fonts, enable anti-aliasing. Then enable sub-pixel hinting. Click apply and quit kcontrol. Start kcontrol again. Go to fonts and find that the option sub-pixel hinting has become unchecked !! I tried several times but kcontrol always reverts to the option unchecked.
