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List:       konq-bugs
Subject:    Bug#45782: TTF fonts not rendering correctly in KDE
From:       Nathaniel Gray <n8gray () caltech ! edu>
Date:       2002-07-26 19:10:18
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On Friday 26 July 2002 06:16 am, Vadim Plessky wrote:
> On Friday 26 July 2002 10:23 am, n8gray@caltech.edu wrote:
> |  Package: khtml
> |  Version: KDE 3.0.2
> |  Severity: normal
> |  Installed from:    Mandrake RPMs
> |  Compiler:          Not Specified
> |  OS:                Linux
> |  OS/Compiler notes: Mandrake 8.1
> |
> |  TrueType fonts are being rendered differently in KDE 3.02 applications
> | than in non-KDE apps.  I do not have anti-aliasing turned on in KDE. 
> | Take a look at the snapshot at:
> | http://www.idyll.org/~n8gray/bad_kde_fonts.gif and notice the differences
> | in the lowercase 'g' and 'e' glyphs in the Konqueror, KCharSel, xfontsel,
> | and gfontsel windows.  I tried many
>
> Hi, I have problem to understand what exactly you mean.
> I have checked that screnshot - and found that fonts look incredibly ugly
> in *all* opened windows on your screenshot.

It's an ugly font, but that's not the point.  The point is that it's rendering 
*differently* in KDE windows than non-KDE windows.  Compare the loops in the 
'e' and the 'g'.  In KDE windows they've collapsed, but in the xfontsel and 
gfontsel windows they're fine.

> Which version of FreeType do you have?
> Check
> #rpm -q freetype2

[n8gray@golux n8gray]$ rpm -q freetype2
freetype2-2.0.4-1mdk

> I recommend you to upgrade to FreeType-2.0.9 (at least), or even better  -
> to FT 2.1.2

I doubt this will solve my problem, since xfontsel and gfontsel are using the 
same FreeType library as KDE, but they seem to render the 'e' and 'g' just 
fine.

> Besides, I recommend you to turn AA On - as this will eliminate terrible
> jagged edge effect presented on your s/s.

I tried AA and found that it made things look worse overall.

Cheers,
-n8
-- 
>>>-- Nathaniel Gray -- Caltech Computer Science ------>
>>>-- Mojave Project -- http://mojave.cs.caltech.edu -->


(Complete bug history is available at http://bugs.kde.org/db/45/45782.html)
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