From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28991 invoked by alias); 11 Jun 2013 18:03:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 28981 invoked by uid 89); 11 Jun 2013 18:03:17 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from nm2-vm2.bt.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (HELO nm2-vm2.bt.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com) (212.82.99.121) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:03:12 +0000 Received: from [212.82.98.42] by nm2.bt.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Jun 2013 18:03:09 -0000 Received: from [217.146.189.76] by tm3.bt.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Jun 2013 18:03:09 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp826.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Jun 2013 18:03:09 -0000 X-Yahoo-SMTP: u.JgLvyswBBMp9ZJJfsX14qmYb3T2ivhMAr6OupnxLpNQEFZ9g-- X-Rocket-Received: from [192.168.1.72] (jon.turney@86.141.171.248 with plain) by smtp826.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Jun 2013 11:03:09 -0700 PDT Message-ID: <51B76669.3060807@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:03:00 -0000 From: Jon TURNEY Reply-To: cygwin-xfree User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130509 Thunderbird/17.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com CC: matt@codespunk.com Subject: Re: Font rendering is different when using -multiwindow References: <51B6CE42.5020904@codespunk.com> In-Reply-To: <51B6CE42.5020904@codespunk.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2013-06/txt/msg00015.txt.bz2 On 11/06/2013 08:14, Matt D. wrote: > When running applications with a full-screen or -rootless X session, fonts > look fine. But when running the same application using the -multiwindow > switch, fonts are rendered oddly and are difficult to read. > > Here are some examples: > > Correct (full screen or rootless): > http://codespunk.com/files/upload/x_font.png > > Incorrect (multiwindow): > http://codespunk.com/files/upload/x_font_mw.png > > I prefer running as multiwindow because each application has its own unique > window for focus. In rootless mode all of the X windows come to the front when > one is selected. > > Does anyone know why fonts are rendering differently? Can this be fixed? Thanks for reporting this issue. This is pretty odd. I have no idea what the cause is. Are you sure this odd rendering appears on all applications, and isn't tied to a particular toolkit (Qt, gtk, etc. )? You might start by looking at the dimensions and dpi details for "screen #0" reported by xdpyinfo, and see if there is a difference between these two modes. -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/