October 14, 2009
Chromium + Freetype-Freeworld: Profit! Last week I was wondering how to fix the font uglyness of Chromium in Fedora 11, and the solution came from identi.ca: install freetype-freeworld from RPM Fusion. Basically it’s Freetype with subpixel rendering enabled, as states the package information: This version is compiled with the patented bytecode interpreter and subpixel rendering enabled. It transparently overrides the system library using ld.so.conf.d. Why it’s not this Freetype version included in Fedora 11 by default? I’m not sure, but seems it’s just because patent problems, at least in USA (AFAIK software patents aren’t an issue in Europe, by now).

Chromium + Freetype-Freeworld: Profit!

Last week I was wondering how to fix the font uglyness of Chromium in Fedora 11, and the solution came from identi.ca: install freetype-freeworld from RPM Fusion.

Basically it’s Freetype with subpixel rendering enabled, as states the package information:

This version is compiled with the patented bytecode interpreter and subpixel rendering enabled. It transparently overrides the system library using ld.so.conf.d.

Why it’s not this Freetype version included in Fedora 11 by default? I’m not sure, but seems it’s just because patent problems, at least in USA (AFAIK software patents aren’t an issue in Europe, by now).

by jjm on 10:25pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZPorZyCj6S3
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