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On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 03:19:01PM -0400, John Blinka wrote: |
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> > > 1) How do you cope with this problem? |
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> > i cope by these: |
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> > - use pixel-based fonts for everything as much |
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> > as possible, specially for key apps like: |
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> > terminal, window manager and browser. |
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> > they become so much readable. i use |
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> > "terminus-font" (and previously used "dina") |
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> > in my urxvt as well as my other apps as much |
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> > as i can. |
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> > i notice one of the major problems with |
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> > fonts is actually not our eyes, but in many |
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> > cases how fancy fonts blur. i was |
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> > personally amazed by how i could use much |
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> > smaller fonts, while maintaining |
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> > readability, by simply switching to |
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> > pixel-based fonts, such as terminus. |
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> I think I’m ok on fonts with my very hi-res monitor plus noto sans mono |
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> font and white-on-black text wherever possible. Discovered that during my |
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> “tuning” efforts and like the look. Used to use terminus but prefer my |
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> current recipe. Admittedly the clarity is probably only infinitesimally |
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> different from terminus. |
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For vector fonts, you can try setting font hinting to maximum. This will |
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give sharp edges even at smaller sizes (provided the font supports it, but |
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for mainstream-fonts such as DejaVu, Noto et al. this shouldn’t be a problem. |
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