Is it me or is KWord's font rendering really awful?

RE: Is it me or is KWord's font rendering really awful?

Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:14 pm

A text mode is planned for 2.1

Zander, I have the same problem (see here), but I have a 24" display at 1920x1200. The monitor can not get much bigger!

I read the bug, but (and no offense intended) why does it work with OO and more specifically, why does it work with the system fonts and not with others?

[quote="zander"]
A text mode is planned for 2.1
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Zander, I have the same problem (see [url=http://forum.kde.org/kword-rendering-t-62014.html]here[/url]), but I have a 24" display at 1920x1200. The monitor can not get much bigger!

I read the bug, but (and no offense intended) why does it work with OO and more specifically, why does it work with the system fonts and not with others?

Last edited by Michael on Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Re: Is it me or is KWord's font rendering really awful?

Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:25 pm

Am I missing something? 75% -- 200%

In fact, I prefer how KWord looks at 75%... OpenOffice is too, "hard".

Am I missing something? [url=http://imagebin.ca/img/5Xs1E8A.jpg]75%[/url] -- [url=http://imagebin.ca/img/rXOE4X9.jpg]200%[/url]

In fact, I prefer how KWord looks at 75%... OpenOffice is too, "hard".

Re: Is it me or is KWord's font rendering really awful?

Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:38 pm

WYSIWYG or not, Kword is simply not usable in its current state.

It's hard to believe that nobody did detect this bug earlier in the dev process.

WYSIWYG or not, Kword is simply not usable in its current state.

It's hard to believe that nobody did detect this bug earlier in the dev process.

Re: Is it me or is KWord's font rendering really awful?

Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:36 pm

I'm thinking of switching my company over to KDE and I looked at my friend's install. I gotta say, the fonts are absolutely terrible. Makes me consider gnome vs xfce instead.

I'm thinking of switching my company over to KDE and I looked at my friend's install. I gotta say, the fonts are absolutely terrible. Makes me consider gnome vs xfce instead.

Re: Is it me or is KWord's font rendering really awful?

Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:38 pm

Just because KWord has bad fonts is not a reason to not switch use KDE. OpenOffice's Qt4 integration is pretty decent.

Just because KWord has bad fonts is not a reason to not switch use KDE. OpenOffice's Qt4 integration is pretty decent.

Re: Is it me or is KWord's font rendering really awful?

Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:08 pm

For those who get the bug :
go to System settings > Appearance > Fonts.
Set Anti-aliasing to "Enabled".
Click the "Configure..." button and disable Hinting.
Here the fonts were awful, now the rendering is great.

For more information, read the blog comments here.

For those who get the bug :
go to System settings > Appearance > Fonts.
Set Anti-aliasing to "Enabled".
Click the "Configure..." button and disable Hinting.
Here the fonts were awful, now the rendering is great.

For more information, read the blog comments [url=http://slangkamp.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/kword-font-rendering/#comments]here[/url].

Re: Is it me or is KWord's font rendering really awful?

Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:36 pm

Setting hinting as "slightly" instead of full disabling it also helped here.

Setting hinting as "slightly" instead of full disabling it also helped here.

Re: Is it me or is KWord's font rendering really awful?

Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:17 am

I think it's hard enough in a linux system to get perfect fonts at global system level and for gtk applications at the same time, but it is feasible after some headaches and weeks of investigation.

Now, if it is requested to decrease global quality level to sligthly increase font quality in Kword, which is a specific problem of Kword, it looks like something is wrong.

If the problem is specific to Kword, Kword should solve its own problem, sometimes called "feature".

=> Current situation at my side

This is my 3 cents.

I think it's hard enough in a linux system to get perfect fonts at global system level and for gtk applications at the same time, but it is feasible after some headaches and weeks of investigation.

Now, if it is requested to decrease global quality level to sligthly increase font quality in Kword, which is a specific problem of Kword, it looks like something is wrong.

If the problem is specific to Kword, Kword should solve its own problem, sometimes called "feature".

=> [url=http://imagik.fr/view-rl/134151][u]Current situation at my side[/u][/url]

This is my 3 cents.

Re: Is it me or is KWord's font rendering really awful?

Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:11 am

Maybe the solution described here http://slangkamp.wordpress.com/2009/09/ ... rendering/ helps.

Maybe the solution described here http://slangkamp.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/kword-font-rendering/ helps.

Re: Is it me or is KWord's font rendering really awful?

Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:43 am

Try yourself the supposed "solution" to make your own opinion, without decreasing global system font quality.

The user will not look for "help" (to be proved), but for the solution to have perfect fonts, easy to read without effort.

Try yourself the supposed "solution" to make your own opinion, without decreasing global system font quality.

The user will not look for "help" (to be proved), but for the solution to have perfect fonts, easy to read without effort.