[haiku] Re: BCI and sharp fonts
- From: "Jürgen Wall" <x-otic@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:33:56 +0200
> x-otic@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > IIRC there was an email which stated that the "patented" BCI
> > in the font rendering has been activated by default,
> > due to patent expiration.
> > However, I didn't notice a change in the appearance of fonts yet.
> > (Yes, I tried already various configurations in the corresponding
> > dialog.)
>
> If you mean the "Appearance" preferences application, and its
> "Antialiasing" tab, then you should be very well be able to notice a
> change in the appearance of the fonts when you play with it.
The change I meant was between the different versions of builds,
i.e. without BCI and with BCI.
> However, Haiku does use a different way to render the LCD subpixel
> fonts, that is usually a bit more subtle than what Ubuntu does. Feel
> free to create a patch that adds another method to the pot, if you
> prefer :-)
Would be worth considering.
Bye,
Juergen
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