Bug 1924576 - Default font subpixel rendering does not work well as other Linux
Summary: Default font subpixel rendering does not work well as other Linux
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-tweaks
Version: 33
Hardware: All
OS: All
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mohamed El Morabity
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-02-03 08:51 UTC by zhaohongxinxin
Modified: 2021-11-30 16:08 UTC (History)
13 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2021-11-30 16:08:42 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
English website that show this bug (1.01 MB, image/png)
2021-02-03 14:36 UTC, zhaohongxinxin
no flags Details
Chinese website that show this bug (1.08 MB, image/png)
2021-02-03 14:42 UTC, zhaohongxinxin
no flags Details
temporary fixed English website (1.06 MB, image/png)
2021-02-03 14:45 UTC, zhaohongxinxin
no flags Details
temporary fixed Firefox UI (987.89 KB, image/png)
2021-02-03 14:47 UTC, zhaohongxinxin
no flags Details

Description zhaohongxinxin 2021-02-03 08:51:45 UTC
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Problem:

when enable subpixel in gnome-tweaks, the default rendering config will not work well as other Linux. 

Temporary Resolve:

copy those files to this directory /etc/fonts/conf.d/

*/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf
*/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/11-lcdfilter-default.conf


I hope packcage maintainer could change those files intend put them on right place.

Comment 1 Marek Kašík 2021-02-03 11:12:49 UTC
Hi, you have to be more specific. "Will not work well" is too general.

Is the issue about how the subpixel rendering look once enabled?

Or is it an issue with enabling it?
In this case it should be reported against the gnome-tweaks tool.
It would be also helpful to know which window manager you use and in which application you reproduce the issue.

Regards

Comment 2 zhaohongxinxin 2021-02-03 14:36:49 UTC
Created attachment 1754770 [details]
English website that show this bug

Comment 3 zhaohongxinxin 2021-02-03 14:42:26 UTC
Created attachment 1754772 [details]
Chinese website that show this bug

Comment 4 zhaohongxinxin 2021-02-03 14:45:29 UTC
Created attachment 1754776 [details]
temporary fixed English website

Comment 5 zhaohongxinxin 2021-02-03 14:47:20 UTC
Created attachment 1754777 [details]
temporary fixed Firefox UI

Comment 6 Kevin Kofler 2021-02-03 14:51:41 UTC
The real issue there is not the subpixel filter (both the "good" and the "bad" images appear to apply the same filter there), but the hinting settings.

Comment 7 zhaohongxinxin 2021-02-03 17:19:41 UTC
I downloaded some package from dnf, Those files belong to "fontconfig". To resolve this bug may need to change the build config of rpm or Makefile of software.

Comment 8 Akira TAGOH 2021-02-04 08:43:45 UTC
GNOME (or gnome-tweaks) should have own default value for sub-pixel rendering. those config is written like respecting it.  So if they change something after copying them into /etc/fonts/conf.d, that may means they have some problem to enable it. and I'm afraid I can't make it off hand because that may also means it will take effects on all the desktops for users.  We need more observation for that change and need to change the default value on each desktop environments too if it is really best.

Comment 9 zhaohongxinxin 2021-02-04 09:01:39 UTC
I think the best way is to install debian or opensuse on VirtualBox and enable subpixel in their gnome-tweak and watch them

Comment 10 zhaohongxinxin 2021-02-05 07:13:43 UTC
I just installed latest Arch Linux with GNOME Desktop, It has this problem too.

But the first half of 2020 of Arch linux does not have this problem, all font rendering is well.

Comment 11 Akira TAGOH 2021-04-14 12:27:36 UTC
According to "when enable subpixel in gnome-tweaks" in the original comment, there might be something wrong in gnome-tweaks or around. reassigning to gnome-tweaks so far. as it also says "Temporary Resolve" there, it isn't a bug in fontconfig.

Comment 12 Ben Cotton 2021-11-04 14:42:38 UTC
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Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 33 on 2021-11-30.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
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Comment 13 Ben Cotton 2021-11-04 15:40:45 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 33 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 33 on 2021-11-30.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a
Fedora 'version' of '33'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version.

Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we were not 
able to fix it before Fedora 33 is end of life. If you would still like 
to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version 
of Fedora, you are encouraged  change the 'version' to a later Fedora 
version prior this bug is closed as described in the policy above.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's 
lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a 
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes 
bugs or makes them obsolete.

Comment 14 Jens Petersen 2021-11-26 04:13:44 UTC
If this is still a problem in newer Fedora versions please bump this bug's Version field.

Comment 15 Ben Cotton 2021-11-30 16:08:42 UTC
Fedora 33 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2021-11-30. Fedora 33 is
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
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