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/font rendering thread/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan
Post screenshot, compare and r8.

Pic related is my Latitude E6 with Fedora 23.
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great thread OP, so good.
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why cant windows have nice font rendering?
like mac has? why is that? is it just not important to them? is it such a deep change in the system that makes it not worth the effort? what is it????
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>mediocre windows 10
>pondering on linux distros with good font rendering

wat do, /g/? what should I try?
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>>52428399
literally install gentoo
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>>52428437
>mrw
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>>52428399
how come my fonts look better that yours?
>>52428289
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>>52428506
no idea. suggestions?
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>>52428506
you do realize, you can install custom fonts easily in windows 10 right?
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>>52427989
Your font makes me want to vomit
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>>52428506
than*
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>>52428528
find one that suits you.
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>>52428627
implying i would ever change the font of the software that its meant to work with
all these things that could go wrong and make it all look weird oh god

im a typography nerd
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Do you mean like this? :^)
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>>52428720
does this make you feel weird?
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>>52428832
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Fedora 23 + infinality
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>>52428897
>OMG anon! are you a hacker!? can you hack my boyfriend's facebook?
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>>52428974
Only if you hack my dick
>Like a boss.reddit.RAW
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>>52428928
Crisp
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>>52428804
here's your (You)
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>>52428804
nice font. what is it?
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>no macfags itt
huh
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>>52429059
tell me everything about your setup so fucking sexy
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>>52427989
PSA: Use google fonts-croscore
arimo and cousine. you're welcome.
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>>52428928
>>52429059
these are nice. What fonts?
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>>52429196
Fedora 23
\ arc (darker) solid gtk theme
\\ applied with GNOME tweak tool
\ infinality font rendering

Firefox
\ tree style tabs
\ simple white complete theme
\ default font: ubuntu

Wallpaper
\ pic related
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>>52429233
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Best Android font?
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>>52429096
Comic sans MS
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>>52428289
>>52428422
>>52428696
>>52428804
>>52428842
>>52428897
>>52429100
those fonts look extremely painful
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>>52429298
Noto sans for everything but terminal
terminus for terminal
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Looks fine to me
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>>52429298
Droid Sans is already god tier you faggot
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>>52429316
it might seem that on anything smaller than 1440p.
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>>52429573
>>52428289
looks the same too me...
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oi gevalt

Fedora 23, infinality
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>>52429316
You're a big letter.
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>tfw jacking it to all this beautiful font rendering
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>>52429702
which one is your favorite?
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>>52429849
Either >>52429653, >>52429573, or >>52429059
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>>52429059
10/10
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>>52427989
drake_shunning.jpg
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>>52429153
Macfag, present and correct.
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>>52430199
Huh?
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>>52427989
Win7, Firefox, Mactype
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Why the fuck is everyone using google chrome
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>>52430257
looks like most people are using firefox.
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>>52430257
Only the Windows users
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>>52427989
OP, how man I supposed to see your font if it's being rendered on my PC?
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>>52430248
on my mac i can see pixels for days. B for effort though.
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>>52430391
kek
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I am still on firefox 40.0, I recall that version over 40.0 break some ad-dons such as downloadthemall, and many others. Is it safe to update now ?
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>>52430438
Jump straight to a version with e10s, it will break certain addons but it doesn't lag anymore. Don't forget to enable it though.
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>>52430438
I'm on x64 stable, version 43.0.3

DownThemAll, uBlock, Greasemonkey, and Tree Style Tabs (addons I use) work.
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>>52428289
How do I recreate this on my windows10? Probably can't because chrome. Feelsbadman.
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>>52430561
high resolution + zoom in
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>>52430590
>>52430590
Its not zoomed in, I increased the font size.
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>>52430715
pretty much the same thing
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>>52428804
memepedia
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Instead of opening a new tab I would like my firefox to go to some address like 4chan.org, how would I do this ?
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>>52430854
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-override/
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>>52430893
Jesus please, grant this anon some juicy pussy this new year.
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Android 5.1 miui
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>>52430893
>>52430854
you don't need an addon, just use browser.newtab.url in about:config
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>>52430914
another pussy for this guy too, please Jesus.
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>>52430905
Let's hope so, we need more anons like you who show appreciation for help.

>>52430914
Cuckzilla axxed it in newer Firefox versions because why the fuck not, that's why there's an add-on in the first place.
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>>52430906
Why are they trying to hard to rip off iOS?
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>>52430985
>Cuckzilla axxed it in newer Firefox versions
working fine here, v43
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Gentoo with fontconfig-ultimate, just werks.
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>>52430999
I dunno. There are plenty of themes which restore androids look too. I guess xiaomi is trying to be the apple of China.
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>>52430906
>Using some chink knockoff iOS that can't into western fonts
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Shit aliasing-for-font configuration + Meme fonts
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>>52427989
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>>52431032
>paying $700 for a memephone flagship with garbage design
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>>52431082
here's your "tabs" reply
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>>52427989
This is the first time I noticed a terrible difference in font rendering, and I can't even tell the difference between my windows, OSX, and xubuntu font rendering
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MS-DOS blows all your little shit rendering out of the water
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>>52427989
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fontconfig-enhanced-defaults/
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>>52428289
>>52428323
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>>52432202
literally any system will have decent font rendering when you zoom in/blow up the font size
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>>52432208

It wasn't zoomed in. It was just cropped to save bandwidth and not to show the OS

so you guys could guess, you know
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>>52432202
>>52432220
looks like a scrot filename, probably some linux distro
what's your actual resolution?
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rate please
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how to into good font rendering in windows 7 ?
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Switched to bantoo minimal from Arch just for the font rendering, I lurve it
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>>52433189
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>>52430456
How do you enable it?
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>>52433328
this, plus this.
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please give me your background
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>>52433669
Tommy Hilfiger is one of the world’s leading designer lifestyle brands and is internationally recognized for celebrating the essence of classic American cool style, featuring preppy with a twist designs.

Founded in 1985, Tommy Hilfiger delivers premium styling, quality and value to consumers worldwide under the Tommy Hilfiger and Hilfiger Denim brands, with a breadth of collections including Hilfiger Collection, Tommy Hilfiger Tailored, men’s, women’s and kids’ sportswear, denim, accessories, and footwear. In addition, the brand is licensed for a range of products, including fragrances, eyewear, watches and home furnishings. Founder Tommy Hilfiger remains the company’s Principal Designer and provides leadership and direction for the design process.

Tommy Hilfiger, which was acquired by PVH Corp. in 2010, is a global apparel and retail company with more than 17,000 associates worldwide. With the support of strong global consumer recognition, Tommy Hilfiger has built an extensive distribution network in over 90 countries and more than 1,400 retail stores throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region. Global retail sales of the Tommy Hilfiger brand were US $6.7 billion in 2014.
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Best
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>>52427989
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Win10 has such eye pleasing font rendering, my all time favorite
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how do i improve this? do i need to install fontconfig-ultimate?
>>52431012
this is nice
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>>52431012
>>52435012
which one is better?
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>>52432232

Windows 10 Pro
Firefox with MacType
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>>52427989
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>>52427989
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arch + infinality
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>>52427989
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Fedora 23
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>>52438957
>gnome
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I'm running Arch with Infinality installed, my font rendering is literally too good for this thread, it will not be posted out of an abundance of caution.
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>>52439002
>not gnome
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>>52427989
Arc has invaded /g/
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>>52439342
Good, I was getting sick of numix
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>>52430257
bc firefox is slow af, if it didn't run like shit i'd switch back in a heartbeat.
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looks okey here in firefox
looks like dog shit in chrome
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