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Re: Fonts looking washed out with newer freetype versions
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Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: Fonts looking washed out with newer freetype versions |
Date: |
Sun, 28 Feb 2021 11:29:28 +0100 (CET) |
> I experience fonts rendered with the newer versions of FreeType as
> looking pale/'washed out' and somehow blurrier on my low DPI screens
> compared to their rendering with FreeType version 2.6.1 (with
> FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING enabled).
This is far too vague. Please send comparison images together with
the necessary details (which font, which DPI, which point size, etc.).
> My fontconfig settings are slight hinting, rgb subpixel structure
> and default lcdfilter. I exclusively use TrueType-Fonts.
>
> Is there a way to make the newer versions of Freetype produce an
> output that is virtually identical to that of FreeType version 2.6.1
> (with FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING enabled) in regard to font
> contrast and sharpness?
I suggest that you use FreeType's `ftview` demo tool to play around
with the various mode settings.
Werner