Use Light hinting for DynamicFonts by default #43213
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This results in a smoother appearance for fonts. Most operating systems use a variant of Light font hinting by default, so this makes Godot match the OS behavior better. Since changing the font hinting mode can change font metrics slightly, complex GUIs may require some modifications to look correct again.
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The editor uses Light font hinting by default since 3.2.
Except for macOS, where hinting is disabled, for some reason.
Since changing the font hinting mode can change font metrics slightly.
I do not think it is affecting advances, only metrics of the individual glyphs, at least HarfBuzz seems to internally use FT_LOAD_DEFAULT | FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING for all metrics. Size of complete strings should remain the same.
On a hiDPI screen I do not see much difference between different hinting settings, and do not have any preferences.
I'll change default setting in the #41100, to be the same (previously, it was disabled by mistake, because I only looked to macOS default).
I implemented that in #31375 to better match the OS default. |
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Can you show how it looks like on a couple example fonts / UIs (before/after)? I'm OK with the change but it's hard to assess as is. That being said the editor font hinting looks good to me on Linux. |
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Light hinting on top, normal hinting on the bottom:
It does change the font's metrics a little (tested with Cooper Hewitt Book), so it makes sense to merge this only in |
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The default font hinting was changed to Light in #41100, closing. |
This results in a smoother appearance for fonts. Most operating systems use a variant of Light font hinting by default, so this makes Godot match the OS behavior better. The editor uses Light font hinting by default since 3.2.
Since changing the font hinting mode can change font metrics slightly, complex GUIs may require some modifications to look correct again.