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Subject: Re: Technical question on font rendering (gamma correction)
From: Allan Sandfeld Jensen <kde () carewolf ! com>
Date: 2021-05-31 13:43:01
Message-ID: 2852121.LaseptFyOX () twilight
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On Donnerstag, 27. Mai 2021 16:53:26 CEST Richard Lane wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since Qt 5.9 .otf fonts have been rendered with alpha-blending and gamma
> corrected in Qt apps / environments. The only other rendering engine to do
> this is Skia (used in Chrome browser etc.). I have a hardware calibrator
> device for my monitor.
> My question is two-part:
> 1) What real monitor gamma value does KDE assume to do the gamma correction?
> 2.2? 2) I have noticed that a slightly darker gamma on my monitor is
> preferable, as the desktop looks slightly washed out at the default. Is it
> better to: a) calibrate my monitor to 2.4 instead of 2.2
I believe the gamma is currently using a value of 1.7. This is also similar to
what Skia does. I find using the real gamma values significantly changes the
perceived boldness of the fonts (much like using gamma correction on TTF
fonts). The font gamma value can however be overwritten by the QPA plugin, but
is currently global, not per screen.
There are interconnected problems here with old fonts specifically having been
designed to be rendered using the old wrong methods, and users having chosen
fonts and designs calibrated to look good with the old wrong methods. Both
means correcting past mistakes results in a perceived immediate degradation of
font rendering.
'Allan
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