qt4 apps don't support subpixel rendering
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Debian |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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qt4-x11 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: libqt4-core
Hi,
I'm using the Candara font from Vista as my main font in KDE3 and GTK2 apps and want to use it also in QT4 apps. I use medium hinting for KDE3 apps (slight is too blurry) and slight hinting for GTK2 apps (medium = full hinting on GTK2 apps, crappy on a lot of fonts), it's doable because GTK2 looks at local ~/.fonts.conf, while KDE3 and QT4 looks at global font configuration /etc/fonts/
Problem with QT4 apps (KDE4 or not, the Last.FM client, Musicbrainz Picard, and qt4config have the same problem) occurs when using subpixel rendering. If deactivated, it seems to respect your hinting settings, if activated, it defaults to "pitbull" full hinting (I call it "pitbull" because it chews on fonts way too much :P ).
To recreate the bug set medium or slight hinting at /etc/fonts/
Changed in qt4-x11: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in debian: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Seems it hasn't been reported upstream yet:
http:// trolltech. com/developer/ task-tracker/ index_html? searchstr= subpixel& method= advsearch& bugs=on& sugs=on