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I used to use Hummingbird Exceed on Windows XP as my X server. Now
that I have a Mac, under 2.2, I recently noticed, using xemacs from a
remote machine running Fedora FC9, that the fonts "weren't as pretty as
I was used to". (See, even I know that's a vague and useless
description.) I did a quick check of Exceed 2007, installed under Parallels, and confirmed that "things looked different". The font was the same font, nominally, but something was different: anti-aliasing, subpixels, hinting, I have no idea. Exceed's font is also taller, but I think there are other differences. I haven't done any digging yet. I tried to do some Googling, but these days, most X usage is apparently local, and it's really hard for a novice (me) to understand which parts happen on the X client or its linked libraries and OS, and which parts on the X server and its OS. So, before I go digging: Is font rendering one of those things that is known to be "not yet there" in Xquartz? I saw many discussions about Apple's IP in font hinting, but I would assume (perhaps wrongly) that this isn't an issue if the X server and its OS are both from Apple - especially if it worked before with an X server on Windows. I've put a screen shot of Xquartz vs. Exceed here: http://idisk.mac.com/jaylevitt-Public/xemacs%20x11%20vs%20exceed.png Jay Levitt |
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