[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 106990] font rendering got worse looking in 5.3.2.2 ( for Default rendering, OpenGL not affected) (devEval comment 60)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106990

--- Comment #101 from Lenge <Spampot at gmx.net> ---
(In reply to Michael Meeks from comment #100)
> ... griping about LibreOffice ... is counter-productive ...
Agreed. Yet as this is a major issue that affects many users, it should be
taken seriously. Which in turn means ...

> I would suggest that we close this bug, and create a series of new issues.
... that closing it would be the worst thing to do. While I agree that the
discussion here has become quite complex, the plain facts are:

1. This bug exactly describes the problem as it (still) is.
2. It is a major issue that affects many users.
3. It is a regression introduced by a minor version update (5.3.1 to 5.3.2).
4. None of the actions taken so far (subsequent updates, alleged fixes etc.)
has improved anything. In short, it has not been fixed in any way.
5. Numerous spin-off issues have already been created that focus on certain
follow-up aspects such as DirectWrite improvements.

Closing this bug would only send the message that this thing is not taken
seriously. Any subsequent issues would only unnecessarily reproduce all the
examinations, examples and attachments that are already here.

> Ultimately - I'm fairly convinced that Microsoft's new / DirectWrite
> rendering is a performance horror, and that by far the best approach would
> be to go to freetype-everywhere. [...]
If that is the case, then the one and only solution to *this* bug is to fully
revert any and all rendering to how it was in the 5.3.1 release - and leave it
that way until a new solution is (1) available, (2) sufficiently usable, and
(3) provides the same level of quality as 5.3.1 default rendering.

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