I thought I was alone in hating AA fonts. To me they just look blurred even on
a very high res monitor.
I turn them off.
Steve
On Tuesday 14 January 2003 00:10, Richard Beri wrote:
> > You're right, gtk 2.2 brings in Xft2. It's very pretty.
>
> Does anyone else find AA fonts annoying? I hate
Narins, Josh wrote:
> From: Craig Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 4:51 PM
>
> [snip]
>
> Display resolution has, of course, been increasing gradually for years.
> Eventually we'll reach a point where the jaggies recede into
> near-invisibility. At that poi
From: Craig Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 4:51 PM
[snip]
Display resolution has, of course, been increasing gradually for years.
Eventually we'll reach a point where the jaggies recede into
near-invisibility. At that point, there will be much less need for
Brian Nelson wrote:
> I find that, for well-designed fonts, the jaggies are not an issue.
Fonts specifically designed for pixel-oriented displays (such as
Microsoft's Georgia and Verdana) certainly are much more readable on
screen at small sizes than traditional print fonts such as Times or
Helve
Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Brian Nelson wrote:
>
>> Richard Beri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > Does anyone else find AA fonts annoying? I hate them, sure they "look"
>> > smoother, but I find that it just seems blurred and they are hard to
>> > read. Makes me feel somet
Brian Nelson wrote:
> Richard Beri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Does anyone else find AA fonts annoying? I hate them, sure they "look"
> > smoother, but I find that it just seems blurred and they are hard to
> > read. Makes me feel something is wrong with my eyes. It hurts.
>
> Amen, b
Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Amen, brother. I've never understood the obsession with AA fonts. They
> don't just seem blurry; they *are* blurry.
Try it on a LCD sometime... subpixel antialiasing is wonderful.
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Richard Beri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> You're right, gtk 2.2 brings in Xft2. It's very pretty.
>
> Does anyone else find AA fonts annoying? I hate them, sure they "look"
> smoother, but I find that it just seems blurred and they are hard to
> read. Makes me feel something is wrong with
Jörg Johannes wrote:
Totally agreed. This is one major reason for me not to use gnome. I
stick to icewm...
I don't like rap music, but that doesn't mean I won't use my CD player.
In other words, you can use gnome without anti-aliasing.
BTW, no offense to rap music. I just don't like it.
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Richard Beri schrieb:
Does anyone else find AA fonts annoying? I hate them, sure they "look"
smoother, but I find that it just seems blurred and they are hard to
read. Makes me feel something is wrong with my eyes. It hurts.
Totally agreed. This is one major reason for me not to use gnome.
>
> You're right, gtk 2.2 brings in Xft2. It's very pretty.
Does anyone else find AA fonts annoying? I hate them, sure they "look"
smoother, but I find that it just seems blurred and they are hard to
read. Makes me feel something is wrong with my eyes. It hurts.
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On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 07:29:38PM -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> After updating from unstable today I noticed a MAJOR upgrade in the
> antialiasing
>
> Anybody else or am I just hallucinating?
You're right, gtk 2.2 brings in Xft2. It's very pretty.
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