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Xft Hack Improves Antialiased Font Rendering

Posted by timothy on from the two-lines-of-code dept.

Eugenia writes: "Font antialiasing first made its way to XFree through Qt/KDE only a year ago and GTK+/Gnome followed some time after. Even with the latest version of Freetype 2.08, which reportedly brings better quality, the result is still not up to par with the rendering quality found on some commercial OSes. David Chester has hacked through the Xft library and he achieved an incredibly good quality on antialias rendering under XFree86. With this hack, at last, XFree can deliver similar aesthetic results to Mac OS X's or Windows' rendering engines. Check the two brand-new screenshots ('before' and 'after') at his web page and notice the difference with your own eyes."

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  1. first fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first fp ever :-)

    I've always wanted to do this...

  2. The post the editors don't want you to see! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Information wants to be free... unless it costs Slashdot money!

  3. Linuxslash by a3d0a3m · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Howabout we start up a linuxslash site. Seriously, I don't know what the average slashdot user is thinking, but I bet they don't really care about Linux kernel 4.2.3build21 and a hack for antialiased fonts, this belongs on some secondary site. It just isn't as newsworthy as many of the other submissions to slashdot.

    adam

    On a side note-- I am seriously considering dropping slashdot for good, as I have been spending alot more of my browsing time here.

    1. Re:Linuxslash by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      want a fucking medal? seriously, how does your inane tripe add anything meaningful to this discussion? hopefully, this whole thread will be moderated through the floor.

      also, as far as the term 'newsworthy' goes, /. has never been a place that covers anything more than what the ed's think is 'cool' for the day. 'news' contains 'new', and a lot of what /. is isn't new. if you want new, stick to k5, stick to cnn, stick to gnn, whatever floats your boat. just don't pretend that this is a news site, it is a peer discussion forum on what may or may not be news.

    2. Re:Linuxslash by leviramsey · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      A quasi-prominent Slashdotter, Eric Krout, has launched a Slash-like site that has a greater focus on Linux and free software news: MonoLinux

    3. Re:Linuxslash by a3d0a3m · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Ok, comeon how is this off topic. The last time I looked, there was no where to put meta-discussions [not like on www.kuro5hin.org]. Please burn my karma all up. I don't like posting fake comments with fake info and fake links to get positive karma anyways ha ha ha. You linux guys sure got it bad for self esteem!

      adam

      PS It would be ironic for anyone to reply to this.

    4. Re:Linuxslash by red5 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      monolinux that sound to much like an STD to me.

      --
      I know I'm going to hell, I'm just trying to get good seats.
  4. Who needs Klerck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When I can just use the adbusting slashbox?

  5. Re:My AA issue by Alsee · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    (I was moded -1 Troll last time I said this, so lets see what happens now)

    Obviously this time you get modded -1 Redundant :)

    -

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    - - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
  6. Re:Ok, this is excellent by greenfly · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    What you are looking for is called Enlightenment :)

    It's basically the only window manager I've seen that does fine-grained window memory right.

  7. First ad! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Cool.

    I just saw my first Slashdot non-subscriber ad.

    Are they supposed to show up every time a read an article or what? I reloaded the article and suddenly the ad was gone. What's going on?

  8. OT: The first ads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It seems they are testing the new ads with this story.
    Sometimes they appear sometimes they don't.
    Anyway, they don't seem so bad.

  9. I like the standard rendering more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This new things are two faint for me - I like
    more the original - contrasted way.

    BR,

    Kubus

  10. Re:How to masturbate on a bus and not get caught. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, first I thought I was even tougher when I licked my girl's pussy in subway-train. But people in Continental Europe use to stand up and leave the place without shouting or anything or tend to give you advices how to to the job even better.
    Then she gave me head. We both got some good new suggestions...