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--- tips:how-to-fix-blurry-font-rendering-in-ubuntu [18.08.2018 22:24]
vergo [Additional changes for new FreeType version]
+++ tips:how-to-fix-blurry-font-rendering-in-ubuntu [31.07.2021 00:34] (current)
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 ====== How to fix blurry font rendering in Ubuntu ======
-By default, at least XUbuntu 10.04 comes with font rendering settings that enable antialiasing and hinting in such way that everything looks blurry and soft. With some fonts, the edge of the font also looks like it has a shadow that isn't gray in color but more like a shade of blue or green.
+By default, at least Ubuntu 10.04 comes with font rendering settings that enable antialiasing and hinting in such way that everything looks blurry and soft. With some fonts, the edge of the font also looks like it has a shadow that isn't gray in color but more like a shade of red, green or blue. Starting from Ubuntu 17.10, the font rendering also results in a wider blurring than before.
 ===== /etc/fonts/conf.d/99-fix-fonts.conf =====
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 ===== Additional changes for more recent FreeType versions =====
-Starting from FreeType version 2.7, the hinting style has changed (see [[https://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/subpixel-hinting.html|more detailed documentation]]. However, this results in more blur than with the previously used (v35 interpreter) solution causing again fonts to be less sharp. The older interpreter is still available and can be enabled with the following addition in, for example, /etc/environment or any other file where environment properties can be set before the X server is started:
+Starting from FreeType version 2.7, the hinting style has changed (see [[https://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/hinting/subpixel-hinting.html|more detailed documentation]]. However, this results in more blur than with the previously used (v35 interpreter) solution causing again fonts to be less sharp. The older interpreter is still available and can be enabled with the following addition in, for example, /etc/environment or any other file where environment properties can be set before the X server is started:
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