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+ freetype.SlackBuild enables v38 and v40 with the line 'zcat $CWD/freetype.compile.both.subpixel.hinting.methods.diff.gz' => A slackware user can switch between the default v35 and v38,v40. True ? |
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fontconfig 2.11.1 of 14.2 does not have rules in /etc/fonts/conf.avail for hintstyles (hintnone, hintslight, hintmedium, hintfull).
Why ? Is this a bug ? How to fix that ? |
There is infinality-remix for freetype-2.10 here https://github.com/pdeljanov/infinality-remix
depends: freetype - 2.10.0 cairo - 1.16.0 fontconfig - 2.13.1 How to install infinality-remix in slackware ? Can someone make a slackbuild for it ? |
max-user, you should ask yourself if patching several of the Slackware core packages with this Infinality stuff is going to create any added value.
As indicated by several other people in this topic, you will get similar font rendering with the built-in V38 rendering engine of freetype. Infinality patches will only add more configurable options. However, if you stick to the open fonts used in Slackware, you will not even need Infinality. These patches are meant to make the Microsoft fonts and other old proprietary fonts look good on Linux. Just do not use them, switch to Liberation Fonts instead. Read: https://www.freetype.org/freetype2/d...l-hinting.html https://gist.github.com/cryzed/e002e...894b9e748c5671 |
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READ BELOW BEFORE YOU TRY!! 1) I provide no guarantees this wont bork your system. I tested it on a fresh -current VM and it works fine, but YMMV. 2) I am not providing any tech support or future updates to this. Take it and do your own thing with it. I am done after this. 3) This is for -current, if you are using 14.2 then use https://github.com/archfan/bob-infinality-bundle 4) As I have stated before, I have tested this and there is absolutely no difference between infinality and stock slackware -current with a few symlinks from conf.avail. But there are people who simply wont accept or believe this. Here is the Slackbuild. Install lxml from SBo first, then run ./install.sh https://www.dropbox.com/s/ow52bkkxx3...15.tar.gz?dl=0 |
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It might just be placebo, but i still think infinality fonts are prettier than the standard way. You can also see in QT applications.
Well, here another option for anyone, I will keep as much as possible. https://gitlab.com/grinder/infinality-fonts And here two comparisons. Standard : https://postimg.cc/r0ysxWfw Infinality : https://postimg.cc/yDkskFTB Sources: https://github.com/pdeljanov/infinality-remix https://github.com/nihilismus/bob-infinality-bundle |
Of those two images, the standard one looks clearer to me. Are you sure that you have them the right way around?
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-current does not need Infinality, in my experience, whereas 14.2 does. |
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I believe that this is due to the expiry of certain patents after the release of Slackware 14.2, but am not 100% certain about it. |
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It didn't make much difference. The main place I notice differences in these things are characters with diagonals, i.e: W, /, etc. These still appear clearer to me in your standard screen shot.
But it's is all subjective, and there are many variables at hand. You need to do whatever works for you! |
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These days, my setup is just this, in ~/.Xresources:
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Basically the same here. Added these to conf.d
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