Poor quality font rendering

[Felipe Heidrich]

Hi Robert,

Please add this information to https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-14187
See my previous message, it is possible the difference is due to the shader we use to produce subpixel glyphs.

I would have used IE as a representative of a native Windows Microsoft app, but I get the point.

Thanks
Felipe


On Aug 29, 2013, at 12:07 AM, Robert Fisher wrote:

> Hi all,
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> I've done a few tests to compare font rendering between JavaFX and something native on my 64bit Windows 7 machine. I used Firefox to test native font rendering, and JavaFX 8 b100 (my apologies if something's been fixed since then), using the code Phil just posted to create a Label, explicitly specifying black text & a white background. The font is the default one: Segoe UI, size 12.
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> I've attached a screenshot of the word 'Entry' blown up 400%, with the native text on the left. They are similar but the native text is slightly darker. This is actually quite significant - when viewed at 100% the native text looks clearer and more vibrant. 
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> The right side of the 'r' is also cut off in the JavaFX case. Is this related to https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-14187 ? And is there anything I can do to increase the 'blackness' of my JavaFX text and make it more like the native text?
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> Thanks for the help.
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