Kickass Women@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months ago[Resolved] Why does the font on Lemmy.world look like an eyesore?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up176arrow-down1image[Resolved] Why does the font on Lemmy.world look like an eyesore?lemmy.worldKickass Women@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-29 months agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
I just switched from Ubuntu 23.10 to Debian 12 (using X11) if that helps. I didn’t have this problem in Ubuntu.
minus-squareTroy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·9 months agoBack in the day, debian used to render fonts badly to avoid a potential patent trap. Is that still a thing?
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 months agoAll of the ClearType patents are expired, so that’s not an issue anymore. OP probably just has anti-aliasing turned off for some reason.
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Back in the day, debian used to render fonts badly to avoid a potential patent trap. Is that still a thing?
All of the ClearType patents are expired, so that’s not an issue anymore. OP probably just has anti-aliasing turned off for some reason.