antialias -- again

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JohnK
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antialias -- again

Post by JohnK »

I have jagged edges in a custom font but for near horizontal -- the vertical lines appear to have a smooth greyscale (I just call it antialias) where as angles close to the horizontal have clear on/off without antialias.

I have the greyscale rendering and gridfitting turned on up to 65535 (doesn't seem to change if the limit is lowered to 14). Shouldn't this work equally in both near vertical and near horizontal angles? Why just near horizontal.

Also is gridfitting the same as hinting?
zoleytaylor
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Post by zoleytaylor »

i've got the same problem, but i think i know the answer.
if you set ms-windows' font smoothing property to "ClearType", the fonts look bad. but with the standard smoothing everything's okay.
here's my example:
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Post by Dave Crosby »

So the problem is in MS Windows and not Font Creator?

Thanks for sharing, and in such a clear and concise way!
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