If you turn on subpixel rendering (put "xft.rgba rgb" into your Xresources file), assuming you have an "RGB' ordered digital LCD display, then I feel the fonts look better antialiased (and sub-pixel rendered) even at 8-14 points in size.
Hello. How do I turn sub-pixel rendering on? I'm running on a laptop (toshiba sattelite if that makes any difference). I'm running KDE 2.1 with qt 2.3.0 (and the anti-aliasing looks great! Or at least, better than without it)
Also, as long as we're at it, how would you compare BeOS's font rendering engine with Linux's (which I guess in OpenType), MacOS's and Window's? Since I use laptops exclusively, I can't wait until sub-pixel rendering is easy to do under at least Linux, then BeOS then Windows.
Ok, what are the options out there for open-source outlined fonts. Are you saying that the AA libraries on Linux are doing a poorer job of actually rendering the fonts, or are you saying that there simply aren't any open true type fonts out there?
This reminds me of a story. Read carefully, you'll see that this is on-topic.
An old man is harassed by three youths. Every day as he has his walk they harass him and tease him. After many weeks of this, the man is tired of it and devises a plan.
One day, after a particularly nasty taunting, the man tells the boys, "If you'll harass me tomorrow as well, I'll pay each of you a quarter!".
Of course, the boys jump on the opportunity. The next day, they give him a good harassing, and, true to his word, he gives each one quarter.
"Same time tomorrow, old man?", asks the leader of the band.
"Absolutely. Tomorrow, if you harass me, I'll pay each of you a nickel!"
The boys grudgingly agree, but, somewhere, deep down, feel they are being shafted.
The next day arrives, and, true to his word, the old man gives them each a nickel for their trouble, which is done with somewhat less gusto.
"And tomorrow, if you harass me again, I'll pay each of you a penny!" the old man proudly announces.
"A penny!", the leader exclaims, "what do you take us for?" and they never harass him again.
Since copyright, in my opinion deprives us from the natural right we have to use information in any way we please, I think that a tax levied on the profits made from a copyrighted material make sense.
Basically, you would have to pay some percentage of the profits you made from the copyrighted work (ideally, to fund open works:). Also, you'd have to pay some minimum to hold the copyright, even if you didn't make anything from it. The minimum would start very small, but go up based on the total amount of money that copyright had made for you since its inception. (this is a virtual measure of its popularity). This would create a time limit for any copyright (after some point, it becomes impossible to pay for the minimum). It also would free works which have become unpopular, but were once popular.
This system would reimburse the people for the deprivation of their natural information rights, if the levied tax went into funding open (common) works. (for example, paying for public art shows, paying artists/musicians/programmers salaries who generate public domain works). At the same time, it would allow people and businesses to profit off of copyrights, and create a system by which copyrights would be retired at appropriate times.
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If you turn on subpixel rendering (put "xft.rgba rgb" into your Xresources file), assuming you have an "RGB' ordered digital LCD display, then I feel the fonts look better antialiased (and sub-pixel rendered) even at 8-14 points in size.
Hello. How do I turn sub-pixel rendering on? I'm running on a laptop (toshiba sattelite if that makes any difference). I'm running KDE 2.1 with qt 2.3.0 (and the anti-aliasing looks great! Or at least, better than without it)
Erik
Also, as long as we're at it, how would you compare BeOS's font rendering engine with Linux's (which I guess in OpenType), MacOS's and Window's? Since I use laptops exclusively, I can't wait until sub-pixel rendering is easy to do under at least Linux, then BeOS then Windows.
Erik
Ok, what are the options out there for open-source outlined fonts. Are you saying that the AA libraries on Linux are doing a poorer job of actually rendering the fonts, or are you saying that there simply aren't any open true type fonts out there?
Or both?
This reminds me of a story. Read carefully, you'll see that this is on-topic.
An old man is harassed by three youths. Every day as he has his walk they harass him and tease him. After many weeks of this, the man is tired of it and devises a plan.
One day, after a particularly nasty taunting, the man tells the boys, "If you'll harass me tomorrow as well, I'll pay each of you a quarter!".
Of course, the boys jump on the opportunity. The next day, they give him a good harassing, and, true to his word, he gives each one quarter.
"Same time tomorrow, old man?", asks the leader of the band.
"Absolutely. Tomorrow, if you harass me, I'll pay each of you a nickel!"
The boys grudgingly agree, but, somewhere, deep down, feel they are being shafted.
The next day arrives, and, true to his word, the old man gives them each a nickel for their trouble, which is done with somewhat less gusto.
"And tomorrow, if you harass me again, I'll pay each of you a penny!" the old man proudly announces.
"A penny!", the leader exclaims, "what do you take us for?" and they never harass him again.
Erik
Since copyright, in my opinion deprives us from the natural right we have to use information in any way we please, I think that a tax levied on the profits made from a copyrighted material make sense. :). Also, you'd have to pay some minimum to hold the copyright, even if you didn't make anything from it. The minimum would start very small, but go up based on the total amount of money that copyright had made for you since its inception. (this is a virtual measure of its popularity). This would create a time limit for any copyright (after some point, it becomes impossible to pay for the minimum). It also would free works which have become unpopular, but were once popular.
Basically, you would have to pay some percentage of the profits you made from the copyrighted work (ideally, to fund open works
This system would reimburse the people for the deprivation of their natural information rights, if the levied tax went into funding open (common) works. (for example, paying for public art shows, paying artists/musicians/programmers salaries who generate public domain works). At the same time, it would allow people and businesses to profit off of copyrights, and create a system by which copyrights would be retired at appropriate times.
Erik Hill