i read this:
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2016-07/msg00091.html
we need updating and updating the fonts.
mfg
2016-09-12 23:34 GMT+02:00 Mizsei Zoltán <miqlas@xxxxxxxxx>:
I pretty like the Overpass [1] font from RedHat, but it looks a bit
glitchy on Haiku. The menus have too big vertical space under the texts.
It is dual licensed under SIL Open Font License and LGPL 2.1. So maybe we
cannot use it.
But there is a recipe for it. [2]
BTW, i would like to see some improvements in the Haiku font rendering
engine, somehow the fonts in my terminal looks strange. Sometimes if i have
too much free time i browse the Arch rice threads, and the fonts looks
crisp, thin and beautiful. And then i start my terminal and.. yes, you know
it well.
[1] http://overpassfont.org/
[2] https://github.com/haikuports/haikuports/tree/master/media-
fonts/overpass
—miqlas
2016. szept. 12. dátummal, 20:52 időpontban Adrien Destugues <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> írta:
wrote:
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 05:14:01PM +0200, Humdinger wrote:
On 12 September 2016 at 11:54, Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
certainThe problem with the old rendering is that it looks good only for
fonts and then only at certain sizes. Had the comparison included other
fonts than Deja Vu, this may become much more apparent.
If there's demand, I can make another comparisson with another font.
Any particular font in mind that should become the new Haiku default?
It would be interesting and useful to test common fonts, not just Haiku
defaults. This includes the "Liberation" fonts that will probably be
used by many webpages if you install them.
Testing VL-Gothic, which is the default for Japanese, and wqh microhei,
the default for Chinese, would be nice.
I would be interested in seeing if there is some improvements with fonts
which are designed to *not* use hinting, such as Proggy
(http://upperbounds.net/) or Atari Small.
--
Adrien.
