Re: Antialiased fonts patch.

[Evgeny Kolesnikov]

On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 01:20 -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Evgeny Kolesnikov wrote:
> 
> > If we really care about speed we should use 1-bit fonts. Nothing can be
> > faster. And 1-bit fonts will stay here.
> > 
> > But if we care about eye-candy view, we should not throw away any bits
> > from FT library result. This will not be fast enough to replace 1-bit
> > fonts, and it will differ from other desktop apps. So, what the profit?
> > 
> > You also may concern about font size itsef (15-30 Mb for sub-pixel AA),
> > but who really care about it when 1 Tb HDD costs less than 100$? Also we
> > can gzip entire font file later if it will really be the problem.
> 
> Actually I don't understand why AA fonts are needed for a screen that 
> most users will look at for about 3 seconds to select their OS and boot.
> 
> I suspect most distros will set up grub to skip the GRUB screen completely.
> 
> Is the effort worth the cost?  I suppose doing it 'because you can' or 
> because someone is 'scratching and itch' is OK, but I don't think it 
> should be a major consideration.

I can ask you only one thing: Bruce how your apartment's door is looks
like? Is it a piece of rusted metal plate with number scratched out with
screwdriver on it and wire soldered to use as handle? You use it only
for reaching you home, 3-6 seconds (if you not drunk like a fish, of
course :)...

Anyway AA fonts completely optional.