From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Oliver Scholz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Turning off antialiasing Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:24:15 +0200 Organization: Arcor Message-ID: <4a9eaa43$0$31877$9b4e6d93@newsspool3.arcor-online.net> References: <4a9cd8d1$0$31347$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1251922195 12961 80.91.229.12 (2 Sep 2009 20:09:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 20:09:55 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 02 22:09:48 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Miw9C-0007Nq-1I for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:09:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60692 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Miw99-0004ox-Sl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:09:35 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder2-2.proxad.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool3.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 02 Sep 2009 19:24:19 CEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 5b68d0ca.newsspool3.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=W5H@gMK8> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:67776 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: [...] > I'm guessing that the effect of antialiasing depends on one's platform to some > extent. On MS Windows, I wouldn't work without it. (There are some freebie tools > that allow for fine-tuning on Windows, BTW.) I suspect that it depends much more on how much and what you read on-screen, and, more importantly how sensitive one is to that blurred effect. Just like some people get RSI and others don't. [...] > A quick search for "antialias" shows that there is an `antialias' font property > for MS Windows (Emacs manual, node Windows Fonts). And the index suggests that > that is the only help for antialiasing (index entry `font antialiasing (MS > Windows)'. I found that, too. There is no such face property on GNU Linux, at least not in Customize. I have not yet checked whether the necessary mechanics on the C side are in place. I'll file a bug report eventually, depending on whether I find the time (and desire) to look into it myself or not. Oliver -- 16 Fructidor an 217 de la Révolution Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité!