Re: Antialiased text on X11

[David Kastrup]

Oliver Scholz <address@hidden> writes:

> Stefan <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> Just one issue that might come up later. I would be grateful if
>>> you'd also think about ways to customize AA per font and/or face
>>> along the way; provided that this is feasible at all.
>>
>> AFAIK this can be controlled globally (for all Xft apps) with the
>> config file (whose name escapes me just now, fonts.conf or
>> somesuch).
>
> Ah, that could solve the issue with the aforementioned m17n fonts.
> Still, if it is feasible, I'd prefer a face attribute like
> :anti-aliased or somesuch. It allows for greater flexibility when
> customizing the appearance of Emacs.

It is completely contraproductive to demand exceptions and details
before an implementation is even started.  And it is the wrong point
of time for the discussion, anyway, since it detracts from the
release.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum