Edgy: subpixel smoothing does not work in OpenOffice
Bug #68591 reported by
David Megginson
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #54776: [Ubuntu] [hardy] font hinting does not work with libfreetype6 v. 2.2.1.
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Bug Description
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With subpixel smoothing, fonts are rendered very poorly in OpenOffice.
1. Start with a fresh user directory.
2. Enable subpixel smoothing in the System/
3. Launch OpenOffice writer.
Fonts are rendered very irregularly when subpixel smoothing is enabled, but are acceptable (not ideal) when best shapes are enabled. OpenOffice seems to be doing its own font rendering, rather than using the system engine. No changes made in OpenOffice view preferences fix the problem, though they do result in different kinds of ugliness. Fonts are fine in all other applications tested.
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| David Megginson (david-megginson) wrote Re: [Bug 68591] Re: Edgy: subpixel smoothing does not work in OpenOffice | #1 |
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On 27/10/06, Oskar Rubinstein <email address hidden> wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 54776 ***
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 54776
> [Edgy] font hinting does not work with libfreetype6 v. 2.2.1
Thanks, Oskar -- I didn't think to search for libfreetype6 when I was
looking for existing bugs.
All the best,
David