Re: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono jagged

[Tobias Reif <tobiasreif pinkjuice com>]

codeman38 wrote:
[...]
>> Here's a screenshot showing Bitstream Vera Sans Mono (TTF) in Vim (on
>> Windows ME):
>> http://www.pinkjuice.com/temp/vim/bitstream_vera_sans_mono.png
>>
>> The font's lines are not very smooth.
> [...]
> Turn font smoothing on in your Display control panel,

Where would I find that on the mentioned OS? (see above)

I'm aware of the fact that this is a Gnome list, but I couldn't find any 
better recipient for such feedback (IIRC Bitstream referred me to Gnome).

> and things
> should look at least slightly better. The Vera fonts do not have
> pixel-perfect delta hints, unlike the Microsoft core fonts; instead,
> they're designed for anti-aliased (i.e., smoothed) use.

I see, thanks for the explanation.

Tobi

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