[Interest] font smoothing gamma changes in Qt 5.9?

[René J.V. Bertin]

On Tuesday December 19 2017 21:42:28 Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote:

OK, thanks for confirming that something has indeed changed.

> similarly to what CoreText would do. The result should be almost imperceptible 
> with black on white

It depended on the font, the difference was barely noticeable with Segoe UI for instance, but unacceptable with Novarese BQ esp. on a light-gray background (both in Medium).

> Unless something in Mac/freetype custom configuration interferes that is.

Hmmm, I do have Freetype with the Infinality patches installed, with the accompanying modified FontConfig. FontConfig isn't used with Mac/freetype so shouldn't be to blame here.

R.