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+</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#4637">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#4637">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#4637">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#4637">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>2011/5/11 Ahmad Samir <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com</A>>: +><i> On 11 May 2011 14:03, Zé <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">mmodem00 at gmail.com</A>> wrote: +</I>>><i> Yes i also agree that should exist this option, and AFAIK when patents +</I>>><i> were still active, it was needed to turn bytecode interpreter, and in +</I>>><i> that time fonts were smooth, speacially for whos used to use small +</I>>><i> fonts, but even for who uses bigger fonts, its always better to not +</I>>><i> have bytecode interpreter +</I>><i> +</I>><i> How do you know what would look better for those who use bigger fonts +</I>><i> if you use small fonts yourself? :) +</I> +I also can change to bigger fonts... + +><i> How do you know what would look better for other users who use small +</I>><i> fonts but different types of monitors, have different eyesight, i.e. +</I>><i> different preferences of how fonts looks best in their eyes? +</I> +Until bytecode interpreter wasnt enabled, there wasnt complains about +how fonts look. + +So can you explain why werent there complain untill bytecode was enabled? +Seams you only know to say that i dont know how fonts looks best in +other users eyes, well seams obvious, no? +Else wouldnt be there any complain. + +>><i> (by the way, still in mandriva 2010.1 +</I>>><i> bytecode interpreter was off). +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Because the patent hadn't expired yet when 2010.1 was released, and +</I>><i> 2010.1 still uses freetype2-2.3.12 (and no one enabled the BCI after +</I>><i> the patent expired). +</I> +Thats was to show that until there werent any complains about font +rendering, and that all started when bytecode interpreter was enabled +(im not discussing patents) + +>><i> 2011/5/11 Dimitrios Glentadakis <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">dglent at gmail.com</A>>: +</I>>>><i> Στις Τετάρτη 11 Μάιος 2011 05:57:07 Zé γράψατε: +</I>>>>><i> In mandriva sincepatent expiration in freetype, fonts display wasnt +</I>>>>><i> smoth anymore and appeared ugly fonts, this used to exist just in +</I>>>>><i> plf.. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> But since theres no patents issues pending, why not old rendering +</I>>>>><i> algorithms by default (disable bytecode interpreter), that way fonts +</I>>>>><i> will have a better rendering and look. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> This is most true for guys that are used to use small fonts, for +</I>>>>><i> example im used to use Sans size 8, like its now in mageia, they dont +</I>>>>><i> look very good and also appear smaller that if using bytecode +</I>>>>><i> interpreter disabled, so to be able to have a good rendering font +</I>>>>><i> look, i always repackage freetype2. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> Why not Mageia start using also bytecode interpreter disabled by default? +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> I reported a wish here: +</I>>>><i> <A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240</A> +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> -- +</I>>>><i> Dimitrios Glentadakis +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> -- +</I>>><i> Zé +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i> Ahmad Samir +</I>><i> +</I> + + +-- +Zé +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="004638.html">[Mageia-dev] why not disable bytecode interpreter in freetype2 ? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#4637">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#4637">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#4637">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#4637">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |