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[Resolved] Why does the font on Lemmy.world look like an eyesore? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just switched from Ubuntu 23.10 to Debian 12 (using X11) if that helps. I didn't have this problem in Ubuntu.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Back in the day, debian used to render fonts badly to avoid a potential patent trap. Is that still a thing?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

All of the ClearType patents are expired, so that's not an issue anymore. OP probably just has anti-aliasing turned off for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I'm getting old, it seems. Kids these days probably don't even have to configure modlines in XFree86. Sheesh. ;)