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Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04
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Martin van Es |
Subject: |
Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04 |
Date: |
Thu, 04 May 2023 19:10:00 +0200 |
On Thursday, May 4, 2023 6:28:47 PM CEST Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> Below 12ppem, essentially *all* fonts, whether they are serif or
> sans-serif, look exactly the same – there are simply not enough
> possibilities to position the pixels differently and still maintain
> legibility. You might simply use a single bitmap font instead.
That's where my roots are and what got replaced when I discovered hinting in
well-designed ttf's like Verdana. And hinted Ubuntu (before the regression) is
different enough to make that my preferred desktop font for the moment.
Oh well, taste...
Martin
- Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04, (continued)
- Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04, Martin van Es, 2023/05/04
- Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04, Werner LEMBERG, 2023/05/04
- Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04, Martin van Es, 2023/05/04
- Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04, Craig, 2023/05/04
- Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04, Paul Menzel, 2023/05/04
- Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04, Craig, 2023/05/04
- Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04, Werner LEMBERG, 2023/05/04
- Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04, Martin van Es, 2023/05/04
- Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04, Werner LEMBERG, 2023/05/04
- Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04, Werner LEMBERG, 2023/05/04
- Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04,
Martin van Es <=
- Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04, James Cloos, 2023/05/04