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List:       freetype-devel
Subject:    Re: [ft-devel] desktop-wide freetype setting Re: Something in 2.6.4 broke my windows
From:       Behdad Esfahbod <behdad.esfahbod () gmail ! com>
Date:       2016-07-08 0:59:40
Message-ID: CAF63+7U+4ajRgxX03e4LMDViVjcSNREy+NZ=pesCBNdNZ6w85w () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Jul 7, 2016 2:40 PM, "Hin-Tak Leung" <htl10@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Thu, 7/7/16, Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > I disagree.  The
>  above *is* a clean, system-wide solution.  Right now,
>  there is no possibility by a user (or by the
>  system administrator) to
>  influence the
>  default rendering setup of FreeType at run-time.
> ...
>
>
> I have just be reminded that there is a desktop-wide setting for gnome
users, via gnome-tweak-tool.
> Under 'Fonts', there a a hinting tab, which has 4 choices: full, medium,
slight, none; and 'antialiasing'
> with 3 choices: none, grey, rgba. I don't knoe where it is stored or how
it is done.
> Presumably gnome sets the hinting choice dynamically for every gtk app.

Those are set as XSETTINGS config by gnome-settings-daemon and picked up by
Gtk and other libraries and passed down to Pango, etc.

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<p dir="ltr">On Jul 7, 2016 2:40 PM, &quot;Hin-Tak Leung&quot; &lt;<a \
href="mailto:htl10@users.sourceforge.net">htl10@users.sourceforge.net</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br> &gt;<br>
&gt; --------------------------------------------<br>
&gt; On Thu, 7/7/16, Werner LEMBERG &lt;<a \
href="mailto:wl@gnu.org">wl@gnu.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br> &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; I disagree.   The<br>
&gt;   above *is* a clean, system-wide solution.   Right now,<br>
&gt;   there is no possibility by a user (or by the<br>
&gt;   system administrator) to<br>
&gt;   influence the<br>
&gt;   default rendering setup of FreeType at run-time.<br>
&gt; ...<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I have just be reminded that there is a desktop-wide setting for gnome users, \
via gnome-tweak-tool.<br> &gt; Under &#39;Fonts&#39;, there a a hinting tab, which \
has 4 choices: full, medium, slight, none; and &#39;antialiasing&#39;<br> &gt; with 3 \
choices: none, grey, rgba. I don&#39;t knoe where it is stored or how it is done.<br> \
&gt; Presumably gnome sets the hinting choice dynamically for every gtk app.</p> <p \
dir="ltr">Those are set as XSETTINGS config by gnome-settings-daemon and picked up by \
Gtk and other libraries and passed down to Pango, etc.<br></p> <p dir="ltr">&gt; \
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