Re: font fuzziness with Bitstream Vera

[Jim Gettys <Jim Gettys hp com>]

To try to add to the explanation, Xft does additional adjustment of the
outlines to "snap" them on pixel boundaries, reducing fuzz from
antialiasing.

Essentially, the only "fuzzy" pixels on Linux will be pixels that would
have been "jaggies" in older technology.
				- Jim


> Actually, this is normal behavior. As the post you've taken a screenshot 
> of states, Bitstream Vera is configured, unlike most of the standard 
> Windows fonts, to use anti-aliasing (i.e., font smoothing) at *all* 
> sizes. This is not the norm on Windows, which is why it looks so 'fuzzy' 
> in comparison to most Windows fonts-- but on Mac and Unix systems, that 
> look is actually standard for all fonts.
> 
> The smoothing is actually helpful in this case, too-- as Jim Gettys has 
> mentioned, the hinting of Vera is optimized for the open-source FreeType 
> renderer, and so edges will look even more 'fuzzy' on Windows without 
> font smoothing enabled.
>