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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: What KDE needs at this point...
From:       Torsten Rahn <torsten () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-06-01 2:27:35
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On Friday 01 June 2001 00:10, Kevin Breit wrote:
> On Thursday 31 May 2001 07:48 am, Torsten Rahn wrote:
> > Heh, sorry but afaik nautilus does not come with any fonts. They only use
> > what is already installed on your system. By default they show fonts in
> > nautilus antialiased by using freetype. So in terms of appearance it
> > shouldn't look different from what you get when enabling antialiasing in
> > KDE (because it uses freetype, too).
> > The way nautilus shows AA-fonts is a lot slower compared to using the
> > RENDER-extension in Xfree (which KDE does).
>
> Hey Torsten :)
> 	Actually, I disagree.  I have turned off AA on Nautilus and haven't really
> noticed any sort of speed difference.  Sorry :)
> Talk to you on IRC
> Kevin Breit

Dream on :-)
What would you think is the RENDER-engine for XFree about ;) ?
It _is_ significantly slower than using no AA (In fact it's one of the 
standardtips to increase speed of nautilus by turning AA off). 

Greetings,
Tackat

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