<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - RBGA Order options for moden panels (Pentile, RGBG, OLED)" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106219#c5">Comment # 5</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - RBGA Order options for moden panels (Pentile, RGBG, OLED)" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106219">bug 106219</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:freedesktop@redsandro.e4ward.com" title="Redsandro <freedesktop@redsandro.e4ward.com>"> Redsandro</a> <pre>I'm using the grayscale antialiasing, because the RGBA has terrible fringing (due to the mismatch in subpixel layout). However, text in grayscale antialiasing is fringing too - green on top and red on bottom. I think the answer to "does it look significantly better" depends on who you ask. Perhaps a designer would say yes more often than a programmer. Playing with freetype only makes sense if I can insert a custom rasterization matrix somewhere. And in order to figure out this matrix, I need to investigate the subpixel layout. Microscopic image is not irrelevant, unless you propose a bruteforce approach to finding the optimal matrix. Aside from fonts, I'm also interested to see if there are facilities for pixel-precise postprocessing when rendering the desktop, since thin horizontal lines also have fringing. Basically every hard edge on a dark block on a light background is green on top and purple on bottom. A subpixel-aware opposite of sharpening would fix this. I have the eye, the equipment and a theoretical understanding of what needs to happen. I don't have the technical understanding of where I can try this out or whom to talk to; as in someone who is interested in improving this too. So I'm guessing I should take this issue to the freetype bugtracker? If it comes to an implementation, I go back here?</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>