Re: Diareses not centered

[Simon Budig <simon budig de>]

Pádraig Brady (P draigBrady com) wrote:
> Martin Waldburger wrote:
> > by referencing an older thread
> > (http://mail.gnome.org/archives/fonts/2003-February/msg00007.html) on
> > this list, I would like to ask you whether you found a solution for the
> > issue described. I'm observing the same -- diareses that are not
> > centered at large or very small font sizes. Strangely however, I'm only
> > facing it when using debian-based Ubuntu (Breezy), whereas the issue did
> > not exist in Fedora Core 4.
> 
> Interesting. I've confirmed both fedora and ubuntu characteristics
> as you can see with the attached pics. I also notice that the FC4
> antialising is done in colour, while ubuntu's is grayscale?

My guess is, that the difference is due to the hinting, maybe the
freetypes involved use different hinters.

Bye,
        Simon

-- 
              simon budig de              http://simon.budig.de/