Michael Fedrowitz wrote: > tags 190672 + upstream > forwarded 190672 fonts gnome org > thanks > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 10:07:11PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Hi, > > > I see this in gnome-terminal and xchat, both configured to use vera sans > > mono at 8 points. My display is a LCD (rgb ordering AFAIK) on a Fujitsu > > Lifebook P4000. Vera looks great on this display, even at that small > > size. Problem is that with this configuration, a 3 looks not unlike a 9, > > at any distance over 1 foot from the display. I think it's because the > > top (and bottom) ends of the 3 trail off into little antialiased ends, > > and the top one ducks down perilously close to the middle of the 3, so > > the eye (at least, my eye, corrected for 20/20 vision with some > > hardware), sometimes joins the two, yeilding a 9. It looks not unlike an > > 8 too if I squint at it a little differently. I have no problem at 9 > > points and up. > > > > And yeah, this is pretty deadly if you're programming or telling someone > > a version number. :-( I like how the old X fixed font does it, with the > > top of the 3 being a straight line meeting another at a 45 degree angle. > > But just cutting the thing 1 pixel shorter would probably fix the > > ambiguity too. > > While the top of the 3 indeed comes quite close to the middle, I don't > seem to have any trouble (on my CRT) distinguishing it from a 9, even at > very small sizes, but then maybe I simply have sharp eyes. ;) > > Anyway, could you please add all the interesting details, like: > > - versions of fontconfig, xft2, and (most importantly) freetype, > > - relevant configuration (anti-aliasing, hinting, also whether we're > talking about black on white or white on black). I'm pretty sure my problem was simply fontconfig 2.1.94. Anyway: ii fontconfig 2.1.94-1 generic font configuration library ii libxft2 2.1-8 advanced font drawing library for X un freetype <none> (no description available) AA is on, RGB mode. Hunting dunno, white on black. I haven't gotten a chance to try fontconfig 2.2, but you can probably ignore this bug report since I'm pretty sure it fixes it. -- see shy jo
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