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Better font rendering for Windows.
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I don't see any change in text rendering with MacType #1022

Open superspartan300 opened 2 months ago

superspartan300 commented 2 months ago

Just downloaded the latest version 2024.1 and I copied the DeepGrayNoHinting.ini and SoftGrayNoHinting.ini, set it to load in the system tray automatically, but when I looking at text, I don't see any difference when choosing different profiles, like 0, I tried switching between all the profiles while looking at a web browser or even in Windows Explorer.

Any ideas? I have an ASUS ROG Strix OLED XG27AQDMG

snowie2000 commented 2 months ago

Any screenshot of the process monitor or something?

superspartan300 commented 2 months ago

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superspartan300 commented 2 months ago

Any screenshot of the process monitor or something?

By the way, I set it up to load with the system tray which is what I found in a guide to improve text fringing on OLED screens

snowie2000 commented 2 months ago

To improve your legibility of OLED pentile panels, you need to use profiles from #932

wmjordan commented 2 months ago

Hey buddy.

I am the author of the profile DeepGrayNoHinting.ini and SoftGrayNoHinting.ini. MacType was working very well, from your screenshot.

For web browsers, such as Chrome or Edge, from some version on, no longer allow MacType to inject into their rendition engine and we can't do anything except staying with the lower version. It really sucks (see issue #963). Now I am staying with Vivaldi 6.2.3105.58, which is the last version that accepts MacType.

superspartan300 commented 2 months ago

Hey buddy.

I am the author of the profile DeepGrayNoHinting.ini and SoftGrayNoHinting.ini. MacType was working very well, from your screenshot.

For web browsers, such as Chrome or Edge, from some version on, no longer allow MacType to inject into their rendition engine and we can't do anything except staying with the lower version. It really sucks (see issue #963). Now I am staying with Vivaldi 6.2.3105.58, which is the last version that accepts MacType.

oh I see, good to know that it's working. By the way, when using MacType, shall I keep the Windows Clear Type on which is the default or shall I turn it off?

wmjordan commented 2 months ago

According to Snowie2000's recommendation, you'd better turn it on.

I hate Clear Type 100%, thus I myself have turned it off for many years and used gray scale rasterized text only. I feel nothing bad except some situations that MacType was not working (see issue #873). When that happens, no matter ClearType is on or off, the situation is equally bad to me.

superspartan300 commented 2 months ago

Any screenshot of the process monitor or something?

I've had MacType 2024.9.14 crash twice while just changing between different profiles to see how they affect text bugreport.txt

snowie2000 commented 2 months ago

Any screenshot of the process monitor or something?

I've had MacType 2024.9.14 crash twice while just changing between different profiles to see how they affect text bugreport.txt

Sounds like you don't have permission writing to C:\Program Files\MacType\MacType.ini. Make sure it is set to allow everyone or at lease users to write into this file.

This may happen if you once changed profile using administrator privilege and later switched back to non-elevated user or switching between service and tray mode back and forth.

Once the privilege is correctly set, it should not crash any more.