[Bug 547] New: review request: LCD patches from Ubuntu finally in Fedora

http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=547 Summary: review request: LCD patches from Ubuntu finally in Fedora Product: Package Reviews Version: Current Platform: All OS/Version: GNU/Linux Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P5 Component: Review Request AssignedTo: rpmfusion-package-review(a)rpmfusion.org ReportedBy: david(a)hlacik.eu CC: rpmfusion-package-review(a)rpmfusion.org Blocks: 2,30 Estimated Hours: 0.0 Hello guys, I have finally prepared patched libraries for Fedora, which will provide beautiful fonts experience from Ubuntu to Fedora. I am writing about LCD patches which are applied to cairo, libXft and fontconfig libraries and bring us patented subpixel hinting technology for drawing beautiful fonts on LCD . Little history : David Tuner of freetype created some excellent patches which provide superior subpixel redering which very much improves the appearance of fonts. At one time, these patches were readily available and could be applied to the packages of the day. Since then, David Turner made the decision that these patches could infringe on patents and so since then, these patches have not been maintained and upgraded to the latest packages. The freetype portion of the patches does exist in current freetype packages, but is shipped disabled. Unfortunately, there are 2 other areas where patches are needed and these are not maintained: cairo and Xft. Without the cairo and Xft patches, I could not get acceptable subpixel rendering. Here are the sample screens from my desktop Fedora 10 on Gnome http://power.polarion.com/_review/screen1.png http://power.polarion.com/_review/screen2.png I prepared four packages, freetype-lcd , cairo-lcd, libXft-lcd, fontconfig-lcd. As all packages are required they do depend on self. Of course to met package guidelines i am not replacing any current packages nor files in Fedora. Instead of this I am overriding paths to libraries using ld.so.conf.d (some as freetype-freeworld does) freetype-lcd SPEC: http://power.polarion.com/_review/freetype-lcd.spec SRPM: http://power.polarion.com/_review/freetype-lcd-2.3.9-4.1.fc10.src.rpm cairo-lcd SPEC: http://power.polarion.com/_review/cairo-lcd.spec SRPM: http://power.polarion.com/_review/cairo-lcd-1.8.6-1.2.fc10.src.rpm libXft-lcd SPEC: http://power.polarion.com/_review/libXft-lcd.spec SRPM: http://power.polarion.com/_review/libXft-lcd-2.1.13-3.1.fc10.src.rpm fontconfig-lcd SPEC: http://power.polarion.com/_review/fontconfig-lcd.spec SRPM: http://power.polarion.com/_review/fontconfig-lcd-2.6.0-1.12.fc10.src.rpm I believe this is a revolutionary enhancement for us. Why? Try those packages by yourself : http://power.polarion.com/_x86_64/freetype-lcd-2.3.9-4.1.fc10.x86_64.rpm http://power.polarion.com/_x86_64/libXft-lcd-2.1.13-3.1.fc10.x86_64.rpm http://power.polarion.com/_x86_64/cairo-lcd-1.8.6-1.2.fc10.x86_64.rpm http://power.polarion.com/_x86_64/fontconfig-lcd-2.6.0-1.12.fc10.x86_64.rpm After installed, log out and log in, go to Gnome System -> Preferences -> Look and Feel -> Appearance . Go to Fonts Tab and enable Subpixel smoothing (LCDs) I would like to have an short wiki page on rpmfusion.org where I will describe all possible font settings, hintings (slight,medium,full) as well as other configurations to make fonts look superb. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. You are the assignee for the bug.