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Re: [PATCH] Implement primitive icon scaling for high DPI

 

Chris Pavlina kirjoitti 16/01/18 klo 01:04:
> I like our font. It looks professional, like it belongs in an
> engineering drawing - waaay better than a certain other package that
> defaults to some serif font (Times New Roman maybe? blehhh). Would be
> nice to be able to change fonts though.
> 
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 11:00:22PM +0000, Jeff Young wrote:
>> I agree that it’s not the best, but I’d rather have a better schematic fonts than sharper icons. ;)

My guess is that better fonts was mostly related to rendering. Pixel
grid fitting, hinting and antialiasing. Gschem sets quite an example
compared to Kicad rough scaling.

-Vesa



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