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Support BGR subpixel layout on Windows #68
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Regardless if the subpixel orientation/order can or can't be detected automatically, it might be useful to expose a configuration option to allow the user to override/specify a value, with probably one of:
And maybe also a "None" value, though I don't think many windows users prefer that except with fixed fonts - where this is not required anyway I think. |
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First of all, thank you for this nice library and the alacritty terminal that uses it.
This issue is for alacritty, but I think the appropriate place for it is here.
On windows, when using a
BGR
monitor / TV, the font rendering is very ugly (with noticeable color fringes).On linux, this was fixed, according to alacritty/alacritty#4100 (AFAICT the fix was implemented in this library).
Adding some reference info, on how to detect which subpixel layout is used on Windows (in case it may be useful):
Microsoft docs
Investigation by BetterClearTypeTuner (2019)
Thank you again for your good work!
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