microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Text appears with shadow (antialiasing) when using the Spleen font
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Description
Windows Terminal version
1.20.10293.0
Windows build number
10.0.22631.3007
Other Software
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Steps to reproduce
get spleen 12x24, .otf
install it
set WT to use it
there is a right drop shadow.
in the screenshot you see how notepad, visual studio, notepad++, gitk and paint.net render the text using the same font.
I tried changing atlas on/off, sw render on/off, system-wide font smoothing on/off (but never cleartype)
By the way, using vector fonts on raster devices was and always be a mistake. At least until we reach... I dunno... 600dpi? Maybe 300? Right now for desktop monitors we are looking at ~180 for a 24" 4k monitor. But I digress.
Expected Behavior
Text to be rendered without shadow.
Actual Behavior
Text is rendered with shadow.
For what it's worth, the little preview window does show this shadow.
Yes, I know this sounds minor, but... I consider text rendering to be quite important.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in Windows Terminal 1.20.10293.0 with the Spleen 12x24 .otf font installed, comparing the rendering with the applications shown in the report. Investigate the text-rendering path and verify completion when the right-hand shadow is absent while the font renders in the terminal.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- computer-graphics, desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100