[Interest] Text rendering problem.

[william.crocker at analog.com]

>>>
>>> I am having a text rendering problem.
>>
>>>  From some googling, I think it's because the hinting values are
>> obtained when unscaled, and then used even when scaled.
>>
>> What you can do in your example is
>>
>>      scene_font.setHintingPreference(QFont::PreferNoHinting);
>>
>
> Elvis:
>
> You are the mam. That fixed it.
>

Just shoot me.
That fixed the problem on Linux,
but I still see the problem on Windows.
It's off to Google I go.

> I forgot the most import rule of software engineering in the 21st century:
>
> "No matter how obscure the problem, you are not the first to encounter it.
>    Others have come before you, solved the problem and those solutions are
>    there for all to see if you Google the right subject."
>
> Bill
>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> -------------------------
>>> int
>>> main( int argc, char **argv ) {
>>>        QApplication app(argc,argv);
>>>
>>>        int sz = 6, scale = 10;
>>>        QString text = QString("Impedance");
>>>
>>>        // Text size is 60.
>>>        // This text renders well.
>>>        QFont label_font = QFont("Arial",scale*sz,QFont::Bold);
>>>        QLabel *label = new QLabel(text);
>>>        label->setFont(label_font);
>>>
>>>        // Text size is 6, then the view is zoomed in x10.
>>>        // This text is not properly kerned.
>>>        QFont scene_font = QFont("Arial",sz,QFont::Bold);
>>>        QTextDocument *html = new QTextDocument;
>>>        html->setDefaultFont(scene_font);
>>>        html->setHtml(text);
>>>        QGraphicsTextItem *gi = new QGraphicsTextItem;
>>>        gi->setDocument(html);
>>>        QGraphicsScene *sp = new QGraphicsScene;
>>>        sp->addItem(gi);
>>>        QGraphicsView *view = new QGraphicsView;
>>>        view->setScene(sp);
>>>        view->scale(scale,scale);
>>>
>>>        QHBoxLayout *hbox = new QHBoxLayout;
>>>        hbox->addWidget(label);
>>>        hbox->addWidget(view);
>>>
>>>        QWidget *wp = new QWidget;
>>>        wp->setLayout(hbox);
>>>        wp->show();
>>>
>>>        app.exec();
>>> }
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