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From: "Matt D." <matt@codespunk.com>
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Font rendering is different when using -multiwindow
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:18:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51B7B03D.7040305@codespunk.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51B783A5.2020101@codespunk.com>
I'm unfamiliar with X but I've been digging around the source code to
see if I can find anything.
It seems like all of the text drawing is done by functions in dixfont.c,
is this correct? Is there a different rasterizer between normal and
multiwindowed mode?
I tried specifying all of the various options available through the
-engine parameter, such as '-engine 1' but with no change.
On 6/11/2013 4:08 PM, Matt D. wrote:
> To add some additional information, I am having the font rendering issue
> when connecting my X session to a remote CentOS 6.4 machine. I cannot
> duplicate the issue when running applications locally through Cygwin.
>
> I'm having some trouble narrowing this down but here are the results of
> my tests:
>
> Remote X font rendering changed:
> gedit 2.28.4 (Consolas)
> gedit 2.28.4 (DejaVu Sans Mono)
> Eclipse 4.2 (Consolas)
> gtk-demo (GTK2)
>
> Local font rendering unchanged:
> gedit 3.6.2 (Consolas)
> gtk3-widget-factory
> gtk-demo (GTK2)
>
> > Are you sure this odd rendering appears on all applications, and
> > isn't tied to a particular toolkit (Qt, gtk, etc. )?
>
> I don't have any good candidates to test this with, as I'm only familiar
> with gtk applications.
>
> Attached are the results from xdpyinfo.
>
>
>
> On 6/11/2013 2:03 PM, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-11 23:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-11 7:14 Matt D.
2013-06-11 18:03 ` Jon TURNEY
2013-06-11 20:08 ` Matt D.
2013-06-11 23:18 ` Matt D. [this message]
2013-06-27 14:18 ` Jon TURNEY
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