bugThe FreeType Project - Bugs: bug #51387, Fonts are looking very fuzzy

 
 

bug #51387: Fonts are looking very fuzzy

Submitted by:  Sworddragon <sworddragon>
Submitted on:  Wed 05 Jul 2017 04:41:27 AM UTC  
 
Severity: 3 - NormalItem Group: Incorrect behaviour
Status: DuplicatePrivacy: Public
Assigned to: Werner LEMBERG <wl>Open/Closed: Closed
Planned Release: 2.8.1

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Wed 05 Jul 2017 03:29:40 PM UTC, comment #4:

Correct. Only v35 should be used for B/W (= black-white = bilevel) rendering.

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
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Wed 05 Jul 2017 11:27:48 AM UTC, comment #3:

So the v40 engine should not be used for non-antialiased fonts (not sure what B/W means)? Anyways, good that it will be fixed in version 2.8.1.

Sworddragon <sworddragon>
Wed 05 Jul 2017 05:50:49 AM UTC, comment #2:

Duplicate of #51051.

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Wed 05 Jul 2017 05:49:36 AM UTC, comment #1:

Thanks for the report.

This is a bug already fixed in git: B/W rendering of fonts must not be done with the v40 engine; it should always be done with v35.

A temporary fix is to use the FREETYPE_PROPERTIES environment variable:

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Wed 05 Jul 2017 04:41:27 AM UTC, original submission:

After upgrading Freetype from version 2.6.3 to version 2.8.0 I'm noticing that Fonts are looking very strange. I have read that Freetype uses now the new v40 engine that can cause Fonts to look different than before but the degree of fuzzyness it reaches here looks very annoying. In the attachments are 2 screenshots to compare how the Fonts are looking with Freetype 2.6.3 and Freetype 2.8.0 on my system (the difference can be easily seen on 100% zoom). Also for example in SciTE with monospaced font rules an opening bracket "(" looks exactly like a pipe "|" while the closing bracket ")" looks more or less fine.

Sworddragon <sworddragon>

 

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file #41122:  freetype_2.6.3.png added by sworddragon (95KiB - image/png)
file #41123:  freetype_2.8.0.png added by sworddragon (102KiB - image/png)

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Wed 05 Jul 2017 05:50:49 AM UTCwlStatusNone=>Duplicate
      Assigned toNone=>wl
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
      Planned ReleaseNone=>2.8.1
    Wed 05 Jul 2017 04:41:27 AM UTCsworddragonAttached File-=>Added freetype_2.6.3.png, #41122
      Attached File-=>Added freetype_2.8.0.png, #41123

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