From: jasonr@f2s.com
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs defeats ClearType
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 09:30:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1117787455.42a0153fdf46f@webmail.freedom2surf.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <umzq9ue69.fsf@boost-consulting.com>
Quoting David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>:
> When ClearType
> (http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/tuner/Step1.aspx) is
> enabled on an NT build of Emacs, it's very common for emacs to "slice
> off" a few antialiased pixels on either side of a character's vertical
> member. It happens especially in lines that are being typed. You can
> see examples in this sentence of characters whose vertical members
> appear to be thin, red lines (image enclosed).
This happens because Windows tells lies about the width of characters when
sub-pixel antialiasing is in effect.
You are welcome to investigate a way around this if you want.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-03 8:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-02 12:38 Emacs defeats ClearType David Abrahams
2005-06-03 8:30 ` jasonr [this message]
2005-06-03 10:54 ` David Abrahams
2005-06-03 15:22 ` jasonr
2005-06-03 15:27 ` David Abrahams
2005-06-06 15:47 ` jasonr
2005-06-06 16:46 ` David Abrahams
2005-06-07 1:15 ` Miles Bader
2005-06-07 13:20 ` David Abrahams
2005-06-08 13:45 ` [PING] ClearType Patch David Abrahams
2005-06-08 14:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-08 15:46 ` David Abrahams
2005-06-08 16:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-06-08 20:01 ` David Abrahams
2005-06-08 18:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-08 19:57 ` David Abrahams
2005-06-08 21:29 ` jasonr
2005-06-08 21:23 ` jasonr
2005-06-08 22:17 ` David Abrahams
2005-06-09 8:10 ` jasonr
2005-06-11 13:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-06-11 16:50 ` David Abrahams
2005-06-15 7:15 ` David Abrahams
2005-06-15 9:19 ` David Abrahams
2005-06-18 23:02 ` How is highlighting done in show-paren-mode? David Abrahams
2005-07-14 18:55 ` Who can explain the display architecture? David Abrahams
2005-07-15 9:41 ` Kim F. Storm
2005-06-08 23:34 ` [PING] ClearType Patch Stefan Monnier
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