geez, make up your mind. first you say you dont understand, then you say i have a point, and now you say its invalid.
i still think that "full" should be the default again like it was in hardy. maybe you can change the title of the bug or something. there was no reason for it to be changed. On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Foppe Hemminga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu) > Status: Confirmed => Invalid > > -- > fonts get funky with subpixel smoothing > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296608 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "fontconfig" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > > Bug description: > i am not sure what the package is, so sorry. > > anyway, i go to the appearance preferences in gnome, go to the fonts tab, and > click on the radio button for subpixel smoothing, and all of the fonts are > bigger than they were before. i do not like big fonts, and antialiasing > should not make fonts bigger. > > so then when i click the details button, i see that the smoothing is only set > to "slight" when it should be set to full, like it was before [intrepid]. so, > i click "full" which makes the fonts normal-size, and makes the fonts pretty > and smooth, but then after dismissing the window, the appearance preferences > font tab shows all of the radio boxes selected with a dash. i have attached a > screenshot. this is weird, as there should only be one DOT in the "subpixel > smoothing" option. > > so anyway, here are the set of problems: > > #1: selecting subpixel smoothing makes hinting set to "slight" by default (it > should be set to "full" by default) > #2: changing the hinting of fonts will change the size of the fonts too (and > the fonts should always appear to be the same size no matter what level of > hinting is used, and no matter if it is subpixel, grayscale, or even "none") > #3: what the hell is the deal with all of the boxes being selected at the > same time [with a dash]? > -- fonts get funky with subpixel smoothing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296608 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
