microsoft / microsoft/terminal
Anti-Aliasing for powerline font icons is poor when using 12 pt or lower
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Description
Environment
Windows build number: 19041.388
Windows Terminal version:1.1.2021.0
Actual behavior
Icons in powerline fonts are blurred in the Windows Terminal using 12 pt or lower, therefore ,they are hardly recognizable
The following sample is the Windows logo icon in Windows Terminal, Gnome Terminal on Ubuntu, and ConEmu:
Windows Terminal, font:3270NF, size:12pt - windows logo not recognizable
Gnome Terminal, font:UbuntuMono NF, size:12pt - windows logo recognizable
ConEmu, font:3270NF, size:12pt - windows logo recognizable
I also tested other non-terminal software:
notepad.exe, font:Anonymous pro NF,size:12pt - windows logo recognizable
OneNote for W10 (100% resized), font:3270NF,size=12pt - windows logo recognizable
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Research direction
No source file, test, or entry point is named. Reproduce the issue in Windows Terminal 1.1.2021.0 with the listed powerline fonts at 12 pt or lower, compare the icon rendering with the provided terminal examples, and trace the terminal's font-rendering path. Done means powerline icons are recognizable at the reported sizes without regressing other text rendering.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, computer-graphics, desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100