Wrong subpixel hinting in openSUSE 12.1

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Hello,

I installed freetype2 library from Index of /repositories/home:/muzlocker/openSUSE_12.1 to enable subpixel hinting.
Some fonts looks nice, but another are not antialiased. I have openSUSE 12.1 64bit

Here is sample picture from firefox:

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9572/fontsk.png

thanks, miso

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Hi, I used this repo; Index of /subpixel/openSUSE_12.1/. I then switched to it and also installed “fontconfig-feature-subpixel-hinting” and “freetype2-feature-subpixel-hinting” from that repo and turned on anti-aliasing in System Settings. Hope that helps.

Here is sample picture from firefox:

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9572/fontsk.png

thanks, miso[/QUOTE]

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Thanks for reply but result is same. When I open e.g. web site Piano - Hľadáme ďalších kolegov in firefox I see this:

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/4053/fonts1v.png

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Hi! I also have the same problem: tried both repos, two different ways to configure subpixel hinting in firefox, but with limited success. You can check this thread I started:

http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/473339-firefox-font-rendering.html

I hope you find a decent solution!

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Thanks,

this issue occurs also in e.g. konqeror or wikipedia applet in amarok

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Well, then it must be a freetype problem.

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The Piano site renders beautifully here on FF 9.0 KDE 4.8.1 oS 11.4 64 bits.

I’m using libfreetype6 (and the -32bit) from the subpixel community repo.

There was also an update - libfreetype6 2.4.4.7.10.1 that I had to blacklist in Yast (no auto-update applet and such), as the first time I let it update it broke hinting - or at least it got visibly worse.

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Just browsed the Piano site in FF 10.0.2 KDE 4.8.1 os 12.1 64 bits and it is fine.

The default font in FF 9.0 (see post above) is Albany-AMT and in FF10 is sans-serif. Both look very nice.

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What about your settings in KDE?
SUSE Paste

That Piano web page looks OK to me
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my fonts settings in KDE (Plne means full):

http://paste.opensuse.org/images/57812768.png

amarok screenshot:

http://paste.opensuse.org/images/65846163.png

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Try using my settings

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There is no difference between yours and mine settings…

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You mean you tried my font settings?
And it’s not different

or are you saying you think our settings are the same?
Because they are not

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add this to your ~/.fonts.conf

<match target="pattern" name="family">
  <test name="family" qual="any">
   <string>Helvetica</string>
  </test>
  <edit binding="strong" mode="prepend" name="family">
   <string>Liberation Sans</string>
  </edit>
 </match>
<match target="pattern" name="family">
  <test name="family" qual="any">
   <string>Times</string>
  </test>
  <edit binding="strong" mode="prepend" name="family">
   <string>Liberation Serif</string>
  </edit>
 </match>
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thanks einstein, :slight_smile:

your hint works, but I hadn’t this lines in previous installation and it worked. Anyway, now it’s OK.

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Thanks einstein, that hint solved my issue (http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/473339-firefox-font-rendering.html) too!

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hi,

freetype6 update (verson 2.4.9-667.1) from Subpixel repository fixes this issue without modifying ~/.fonts.conf
einstein’s fix changed my monospace font in kde applications…

now everything works ok

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Thanks, hlavki! It works without the font substitution lines now.