{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chrissimpkins/Hack/issues/84","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chrissimpkins/Hack/issues/84/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chrissimpkins/Hack/issues/84/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chrissimpkins/Hack/issues/84/events","html_url":"https://github.com/chrissimpkins/Hack/issues/84","id":104865193,"number":84,"title":"[Debian] Linux: otf and ttf render differently on Linux","user":{"login":"legovini","id":7614669,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7614669?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/legovini","html_url":"https://github.com/legovini","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/legovini/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/legovini/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/legovini/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/legovini/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/legovini/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/legovini/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/legovini/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/legovini/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/legovini/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chrissimpkins/Hack/labels/Rendering%20issue","name":"Rendering issue","color":"eb6420"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":8,"created_at":"2015-09-04T10:26:28Z","updated_at":"2015-09-07T13:04:58Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Hi,\r\n\r\nI'm working on a Debian package for the Hack font, with the aim to have it included in the main repository. I'm discussing with other people involved in font packages in Debian about which version to package: otf or ttf (or both).\r\n\r\nIn principle the otf version should be preferred, but when trying it on my system I get some artifacts that I'm not getting with the ttf version. In our understanding the two versions should render identically.\r\n\r\nCheck the two attached images. In the otf version the rendering is very bad for the capital 'm' letter (in 'games'), and also the '0' and '$' symbols are worse. On the other side, the bold 'i' of the ttf version is bad (the dot touches the body of the letter). The rendering is in general a bit different.\r\n\r\notf version:\r\n![otf_test](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7614669/9681464/6e52e9cc-52fe-11e5-9c9a-2b565d031db1.png)\r\n\r\nttf version:\r\n![ttf_test](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7614669/9681465/6e55f5d6-52fe-11e5-99c7-2289078cf07d.png)\r\n\r\nThe screenshot are done in the same conditions:\r\n\r\n1. Same terminal (a VTE-based terminal using GTK3 libraries);\r\n2. Native font hinting (autohinter not enabled);\r\n3. Same font size (11).\r\n\r\nShouldn't the two versions be equal?\r\nWhy those bad artifacts with the otf version?\r\nWhy do you suggest the use of the ttf version on Linux systems?\r\n\r\nIf I completely disable the font hinting the artifacts, but in many cases the result is still not very good, as the resolution of my LCD panel is not high enough. For example, the '~' symbol looks like a blurred '-'.\r\n\r\nCheers,\r\n\r\nParide\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chrissimpkins/Hack/issues/comments/138292719","html_url":"https://github.com/chrissimpkins/Hack/issues/84#issuecomment-138292719","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/chrissimpkins/Hack/issues/84","id":138292719,"user":{"login":"chrissimpkins","id":4249591,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4249591?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrissimpkins","html_url":"https://github.com/chrissimpkins","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrissimpkins/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrissimpkins/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrissimpkins/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrissimpkins/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrissimpkins/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrissimpkins/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrissimpkins/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrissimpkins/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrissimpkins/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-07T13:04:58Z","updated_at":"2015-09-07T13:04:58Z","body":"> The world of font rendering is a deep, strange pit of lost dreams and hopes. ;)\r\n\r\nwell stated...\r\n\r\n@legovini & @aleho: Will continue to follow your discussion to see if this is something that I need to correct on my end.  The bold 'i' point issue from the OP does not seem to be present in the image that @aleho posted."}}