Re: Fonts looking washed out with newer freetype versions

[Peter]

>> [...] My fontconfig settings are slight hinting, rgb subpixel
>> structure and default lcdfilter. [...]
>
> Or it could be that you should try another filter, or write your
> own, as they are compromises between a rock and a hard place. It
> is hard to tell from vague descriptions like "somehow blurrier".
>
Here are two more images that contrast the rendering output of FreeType
2.6.1 with that of a patched version of FreeType 2.10.1 using the old
default LCD filter. The filter definitely has a conceivable impact that
brings the output closer to that of FreeType 2.6.1. But there are still
differences especially concerning the saturation of the outer blue
shades of the glyphs (some of which I have marked).

Peter

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