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== LCD-Filtering overlay == | == LCD-Filtering overlay == | ||
Funtoo Linux planning to integrate LCD-filtering overlay into main tree in order to have very good font experience. Before that the overlay available via layman and manual steps required as described below. Overlay consist of patched versions of <tt>cairo</tt>, <tt>libXft</tt>, <tt>fontconfig</tt>, <tt>freetype</tt> with the aim of getting nice hinting and rendering, emulate the Ubuntu/MS Windows/Mac OS X fonts appearance. | Funtoo Linux planning to integrate LCD-filtering overlay into main tree in order to have very good font experience. Before that the overlay available via layman and manual steps required as described below. Overlay consist of patched versions of <tt>cairo</tt>, <tt>libXft</tt>, <tt>fontconfig</tt>, <tt>freetype</tt> with the aim of getting nice hinting and rendering, emulate the Ubuntu/MS Windows/Mac OS X fonts appearance. | ||
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== Install the packages == | == Install the packages == | ||
<console> # emerge -uN fontconfig freetype cairo libXft</console> | <console> # emerge -uN fontconfig freetype cairo libXft</console> | ||
| + | == Advanced configuration == | ||
| + | === Fontconfig === | ||
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| + | === Default configuration === | ||
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| + | <console>eselect fontconfig enable 10-antialias.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 10-autohint.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 10-hinting.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 10-hinting-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 11-lcdfilter-default.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 70-no-bitmaps.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting-full.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting-medium.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig disable 10-no-sub-pixel.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig disable 10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig disable 10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig disable 10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig disable 10-unhinted.conf</console> | ||
| + | ===Linux configuration === | ||
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| + | Same as default configuration except: | ||
| + | <console>eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-aquabase-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-browallia-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 22-hinting-courier-italic-slight.conf</console> | ||
| + | === Infinality’s configuration === | ||
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| + | Same as default configuration except: | ||
| + | <console>eselect fontconfig enable 15-hinting-tt-instructed-full.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 20-hinting-small-fonts-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-aquabase-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-browallia-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 22-hinting-courier-italic-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 25-hinting-small-arial-black-slight.conf</console> | ||
| + | === Windows configuration === | ||
| + | |||
| + | Same as default except: | ||
| + | <console>eselect fontconfig disable 10-autohint.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 10-hinting-full.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 15-hinting-non-tt-instructed-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 20-hinting-small-fonts-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-aquabase-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-browallia-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 22-hinting-courier-italic-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 25-hinting-small-arial-black-slight.conf</console> | ||
| + | === OSX === | ||
| + | |||
| + | Same as default configuration except: | ||
| + | <console>eselect fontconfig disable 10-autohint.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting-slight.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 10-unhinted.conf | ||
| + | eselect fontconfig enable 15-hinting-tt-instructed-none.conf</console> | ||
| + | == Freetype == | ||
| + | Freetype can be configured through environment variables (see <tt>/etc/env.d/99lcdfilter</tt> for a list of the variables and their description). Those variables can be overridden on a per-user basis by either redefining them in a startup file (such as <tt>~/.bash_profile</tt>) or by sourcing the <tt>/usr/lib/ft-settings.sh</tt> script with the desired style in parameter (you can, of course, source the script from a startup file). | ||
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| + | usage: source ft-settings.sh <style> | ||
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| + | <console>Possible styles: | ||
| + | default - Use default settings. A compromise that should please most people | ||
| + | osx - Simulate OSX rendering | ||
| + | ubuntu - Simulate UBUNTU rendering | ||
| + | linux - Generic Linux style - no snapping or certain other tweaks | ||
| + | windows - Simulate Windows rendering | ||
| + | vanilla - Just subpixel hinting | ||
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| + | Infinality styles: | ||
| + | classic - Infinality rendering circa 2010. No snapping | ||
| + | nudge - CLASSIC with lightly stem snapping and tweaks | ||
| + | push - CLASSIC with medium stem snapping and tweaks | ||
| + | shove - Full stem snapping and tweaks without sharpening | ||
| + | sharpened - Full stem snapping, tweaks, and Windows-style sharpening | ||
| + | infinality - Settings used by Infinality</console> | ||
| + | == LibXft == | ||
| + | Only legacy programs still use libXft. The default configuration is defined in <tt>/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xft</tt>. It can be overriden on a per-user basis in the <tt>~/.Xresources</tt> or <tt>~/.Xdefaults</tt> files : | ||
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| + | <console>Xft.antialias: 1 | ||
| + | Xft.autohint: 0 | ||
| + | Xft.dpi: 96 | ||
| + | Xft.hinting: 1 | ||
| + | Xft.hintstyle: hintfull | ||
| + | Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault | ||
| + | Xft.rgba: rgb</console> | ||
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| + | [[Category:HOWTO]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:36, 18 November 2012
Contents |
[edit] LCD-Filtering overlay
Funtoo Linux planning to integrate LCD-filtering overlay into main tree in order to have very good font experience. Before that the overlay available via layman and manual steps required as described below. Overlay consist of patched versions of cairo, libXft, fontconfig, freetype with the aim of getting nice hinting and rendering, emulate the Ubuntu/MS Windows/Mac OS X fonts appearance.
[edit] Install the packages
# emerge -uN fontconfig freetype cairo libXft
[edit] Advanced configuration
[edit] Fontconfig
[edit] Default configuration
eselect fontconfig enable 10-antialias.conf eselect fontconfig enable 10-autohint.conf eselect fontconfig enable 10-hinting.conf eselect fontconfig enable 10-hinting-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf eselect fontconfig enable 11-lcdfilter-default.conf eselect fontconfig enable 70-no-bitmaps.conf eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting-full.conf eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting-medium.conf eselect fontconfig disable 10-no-sub-pixel.conf eselect fontconfig disable 10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf eselect fontconfig disable 10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf eselect fontconfig disable 10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf eselect fontconfig disable 10-unhinted.conf
[edit] Linux configuration
Same as default configuration except:
eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-aquabase-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-browallia-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 22-hinting-courier-italic-slight.conf
[edit] Infinality’s configuration
Same as default configuration except:
eselect fontconfig enable 15-hinting-tt-instructed-full.conf eselect fontconfig enable 20-hinting-small-fonts-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-aquabase-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-browallia-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 22-hinting-courier-italic-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 25-hinting-small-arial-black-slight.conf
[edit] Windows configuration
Same as default except:
eselect fontconfig disable 10-autohint.conf eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 10-hinting-full.conf eselect fontconfig enable 15-hinting-non-tt-instructed-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 20-hinting-small-fonts-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-aquabase-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 21-hinting-small-browallia-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 22-hinting-courier-italic-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 25-hinting-small-arial-black-slight.conf
[edit] OSX
Same as default configuration except:
eselect fontconfig disable 10-autohint.conf eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting.conf eselect fontconfig disable 10-hinting-slight.conf eselect fontconfig enable 10-unhinted.conf eselect fontconfig enable 15-hinting-tt-instructed-none.conf
[edit] Freetype
Freetype can be configured through environment variables (see /etc/env.d/99lcdfilter for a list of the variables and their description). Those variables can be overridden on a per-user basis by either redefining them in a startup file (such as ~/.bash_profile) or by sourcing the /usr/lib/ft-settings.sh script with the desired style in parameter (you can, of course, source the script from a startup file).
usage: source ft-settings.sh <style>
Possible styles: default - Use default settings. A compromise that should please most people osx - Simulate OSX rendering ubuntu - Simulate UBUNTU rendering linux - Generic Linux style - no snapping or certain other tweaks windows - Simulate Windows rendering vanilla - Just subpixel hinting Infinality styles: classic - Infinality rendering circa 2010. No snapping nudge - CLASSIC with lightly stem snapping and tweaks push - CLASSIC with medium stem snapping and tweaks shove - Full stem snapping and tweaks without sharpening sharpened - Full stem snapping, tweaks, and Windows-style sharpening infinality - Settings used by Infinality
[edit] LibXft
Only legacy programs still use libXft. The default configuration is defined in /usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Xft. It can be overriden on a per-user basis in the ~/.Xresources or ~/.Xdefaults files :
Xft.antialias: 1 Xft.autohint: 0 Xft.dpi: 96 Xft.hinting: 1 Xft.hintstyle: hintfull Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault Xft.rgba: rgb
