subpixel LCD fonts smoothing

[David Hláčik]

Should i point this questions to fedora devel mailinglists?

Thanks!

DAvid

2008/8/4 David Hláčik <david at hlacik.eu>

> Well, i followed tutorial to install ported rpms from ubuntu :
> http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=186789
> and then also installed from livna freetype-freeworld.
> According to tutorial freetype-freeworld only provides 2 patches to
> freetype i.e patented bytecode interpreter and subpixel rendering .
>
> Actually it really interests me the way how fonts are rendered. As i
> understand correctly, Fedora does not have those "renderings" becouse they
> are patented , or not open?
>
> To open discussion i found this :
>
>
>
>> David Tuner of freetype created some excellent patches which provide
>> superior subpixel redering which very much improves the appearance of fonts.
>> At one time, these patches were readily available and could be applied to
>> the packages of the day. Since then, David Turner made the decision that
>> these patches could infringe on patents and so since then, these patches
>> have not been maintained and upgraded to the latest packages. The freetype
>> portion of the patches does exist in current freetype packages, but is
>> shipped disabled. Unfortunately, there are 2 other areas where patches are
>> needed and these are not maintained: cairo and Xft. Without the cairo and
>> Xft patches, I could not get acceptable subpixel rendering. Searching for
>> the magic lamp, led to this howto, as I might want to implement this again,
>> and I am certain that I will loose the notes. As every howto on subpixel
>> rendering I found was wanting, this one probably is also.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> David
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Jorge Fábregas <jorge.fabregas at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Monday 04 August 2008 08:54:00 am David Hláčik wrote:
>> > o, guys ... what about now? :)
>> >
>> > http://www.hlacik.eu/fedora_fixed.bmp
>>
>> It looks nice. Similar to mine but then, this is a subjective matter :)
>>
>> So... enabling subpixel hinting system-wide & firefox-wise did it for u?
>>
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