I write text on non white rectangles like this -

https://ibb.co/iJoXo0



And the font edges are not smooth.
The font thinks its on white background and does sub pixel hinting accordingly (using gray color).

How to make it smooth and sharp ?

It's not that "it thinks it's on a white background", it's just what it does for antialiasing and that works best on a white background because black or dark text on a white background is the most common use of text, historically. Also, whatever colour text you use will fade to greyish and less opaque at the edges as part of the process, which works fine for dark text on a pale background. Anyway, it's a nuisance and always has been.

I deal with this by always making black text on a white background then inverting that to produce white text on a black background and then using the result as a transparency mask on a colour layer to give coloured text. The layer under that can be any colour you like as a background 'paper'. This also means that the colour layer that the transparency is applied to can be any colour or pattern so you can have tartan text or multi-coloured speckled text or anything you care to try out.

Note that this will not make the text 'sharp', there will always be a faded edge and it does look better the bigger the font is.

Hi silvermoon, It was this bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344386 . If you use an old Krita version you might still experience it. In newer version (4.1.x) the text tool vector object sometimes adds this type of grey outline; but it is easy to edit with the vector colors tools in tool options.

(note: For a workaround, put the layer with text in "screen" blending mode; white anti-aliasing will be perfect )

Hi,
with 4.2.0 pre-alpha appimage on Ubuntu 14.04, it seems I can still reproduce this issue:

1. "Dejavu Sans", white fill color, set the size to 11px (jagged dark edges appear)
2. increasing the font size by 1 to 12px makes the issue disappear.

(the font size threshold may varies depending on the font used)

Yes @mvowada, I can reproduce. Your steps and setup is good to reproduce it and it deserves a bug-report in its own.
Something I noticed in 4.x, it's easier to workaround as you can add a 0px outline to the vector object. It fixes it, here is a gif example:

Deevad wrote:you can add a 0px outline to the vector object. It fixes it

Thanks, it works well as a workaround. I've noticed that it makes the ugly edges disappearing here also setting the stroke to "No fill" (which is the same .

(I've opened a bug report here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=399830)

Thanks for opening the bug report, I confirmed it!

Thanks to silvermoon too

Deevad wrote:Yes @mvowada, I can reproduce. Your steps and setup is good to reproduce it and it deserves a bug-report in its own.
Something I noticed in 4.x, it's easier to workaround as you can add a 0px outline to the vector object. It fixes it, here is a gif example:

What is that button you are clicking on the top toolbar on the right of the color selection bits ?
I am using Krita 4.0.1 but can't see that button.

Here is my toolbar
https://imgur.com/a/b41vv8P

Deevad wrote:Yes @mvowada, I can reproduce. Your steps and setup is good to reproduce it and it deserves a bug-report in its own.
Something I noticed in 4.x, it's easier to workaround as you can add a 0px outline to the vector object. It fixes it, here is a gif example:

I just now upgraded Krita to 4.1.5 but still can't see that extra button visible on your toolbar.

Okay its Select Options Tool > Tool Options.

How did you get that button on the toolbar ?
I do Settings > Configure Toolbars, but cannot find the button for it.

silvermoon wrote:How did you get that button on the toolbar ?

"Settings > Configure Krita... > General > Tools" and choose open in toolbar instead of docker.

mvowada wrote:

silvermoon wrote:How did you get that button on the toolbar ?

"Settings > Configure Krita... > General > Tools" and choose open in toolbar instead of docker.

thanks got it.