FS#27500 - [xterm] truncated fonts
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Opened by orbisvicis (orbisvicis) - Friday, 09 December 2011, 06:55 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Sunday, 20 May 2012, 08:16 GMT
Opened by orbisvicis (orbisvicis) - Friday, 09 December 2011, 06:55 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Sunday, 20 May 2012, 08:16 GMT
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Can we make it a priority to upgrade to xterm 276 http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_276 Patch 276 fixes what I find to be an annoying bug: underscores are indistinguishable from spaces |
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Closed by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Sunday, 20 May 2012, 08:16 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Should be fixed with latest upstream updates.
Sunday, 20 May 2012, 08:16 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Should be fixed with latest upstream updates.
Comment by orbisvicis (orbisvicis) -
Friday, 09 December 2011, 07:11 GMT
Comment by orbisvicis (orbisvicis) -
Sunday, 11 December 2011, 09:03 GMT
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) -
Sunday, 13 May 2012, 08:02 GMT
Nevermind, patch #276 is *supposed* to fix the FreeType changes,
but after testing I realize it does not in all (esp. mine) cases.
I have sent an email to the xterm creator.
- Field changed: Percent Complete (100% → 0%)
Patch 276 is indeed needed, but it is not an automagic fix.
Freetype 2.4.6 reduced the ascender/descender values (line
spacing) to fix an incorrect metric, this results in some
truncated fonts (DejaVu Sans Mono set to pixelsize=13.5) in xterm.
The workaround is to change the scaleHeight resource setting (I
found 1.05 to match pre FreeType 2.4.6 line spacing with DejaVu
Sans Mono pointsize=10 and Xft DPI=100). XTerm patch 276 is needed
to modify TrueType clipping limits in relation to the scaleHeight
value, otherwise truncation still occurs.
Has this been fixed meanwhile?