Include lighter hinting for ClearType environments
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
fonts-ubuntu (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Currently, the Ubuntu fonts are hinted to look almost good on Windows 95. This specifically means that stems are snapped to full pixels on both axes so that they mostly render cleanly in monochrome mode. This is especially visible if you look at a waterfall rendering of the font.
This sadly foregoes the increased (perceived) resolution you have in ClearType/
Microsoft's VTT 6.x ships with an autohinter that uses the same "light" hinting strategy as ttfautohint: http://
I'd like to see an additional hinting path added to the fonts that checks for a ClearType/
tags: | added: uff-hinting |
Changed in ubuntu-font-family: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
affects: | ubuntu-font-family → fonts-ubuntu (Ubuntu) |
https:/ /blogs. msdn.microsoft. com/fontblog/ 2016/07/ 08/the- new-res- hinting- aka-smart- hints/