[Linux, Ubuntu, rxvt] Render hinting or something similar missing?

[Atlantic777]

Hi!

I really like how hack looks like but I think that I have some issues with it and I am not sure if my settings are wrong or there is something else.

I am trying to use hack in rxvt (terminal emulator) on Linux (ubuntu). I have this line in the ~/.Xdefaults:

xft:hack:pixelsize=9:antialias=true:hinting=true

It looks like it's ghosty, not crisp enough in comparison to some other fonts I tried (like terminus in example).

Here is side by side comparison. Left is terminus, right is hack.

I hope you have some ideas what could be a problem.

[chrissimpkins]

Are you using the ttf or otf build?

Mind posting screens with the antialiasing and hinting turned off?

[Atlantic777]

I am using ttf build.

Here are requested screen shots. They all look pretty similar to me.

From left to right:

antialias	hinting
false	false
false	true
true	false
true	true

[chrissimpkins]

Mind giving the new test build a try and let me know if you see any changes? Available in #111 . If you've moved on, please let me know if it is ok to close this issue report. Thanks.

[Atlantic777]

I tried #111 and it's still the same. I'm still following, but if you want to merge issues that's fine for me. I see others have similar issues.

[chrissimpkins]

Closing as this is a dated report. If you are still using Hack and are having this problem in our current release, will be happy to look into it further.