Why did the heads at "Free"desktop suddenly disable the most crisp, infinitly-aliased type of font with the new release of fontconfig, breaking thousands of systems once they update?

This is comically evil.

It's on purpose to screw with linux desktop. Either bribed or blackmailed, it's very easy to control these nerds.

Use case?

>>105759612 (OP)
there is no usecase for bitmap fonts
we don't care how much you like to rice your terminal and post in desktop threads

AAAAAAAAAAH NO MY TRANNYFONTS!!!

>>105759967
let's not allow people to use their computers just like M$

>>105759612 (OP)
They want to, ultimately, remove you from console access.

>>105759612 (OP)
Linux desktop is doomed. Many of the old timers eventually figured out and moved to macos.

Did everyone forget what happened to infinality? These people don't want you to have good fonts on linux. These people don't want linux desktop to succeed.
Deny all you want, fonts look better on windows and macos.

>>105759978
There is ABSOLUTELY no usecase for bitmap fonts in 2025, stop being retarded. It's like asking to use a punch card instead of a NFC tag

iv been talking to myself in another thread about the "use case" for an hour waiting for somebody, anybody, to chime in. you people dont actually care about this stuff. its just tribalism for you. i hate you.

>>105760017
see >>105759978

>>105760017
No use case other than that they are better? Can you explain the use case of scalable fonts (blurry dogshit)?

>>105760034
They look fine, nobody cares that you can see an edge when you 1000x zoom into a pixel

>>105759978
loonix desktop was never about freedom
it belongs to freedesktop, red hat and gnome
you want freedom? make your own operating system
you will never have freedom though
you will always be a slave to the freedesktop organization
welcome to the real world kiddo
learn to recognize those who hold all the power

>>105760044
They do NOT look fine. They look like a sweaty baboon's ass compared to bitmap fonts. Go fuck yourself with a rake, you cunt.

>>105760017
Please don’t tell this guy the OS converts them to bitmaps and caches them EXACTLY like bitmapped fonts.
Also, please don’t tell this guy that your OS does not boot up compiling all the source code into vmlinuz every time you boot… it comes pre-compiled.

gnome gods use macbooks and apple studio pro displays. they don't have blurry font issues.

btw notice how the argument against bitmap fonts always is "they look just fine" or "buy a better monitor" - never that they are inherently better?

Do i smell jews?

>>105760034
They should sell monitors with 10x motion blur for those “hard core” gamers.
> i can’t do this raid… not enough motion blur, textures aren’t at max, raytracing isn’t on, I can “sense” with my magical thinking that HDR isn’t working, and a few hours back, I’m pretty sure it skipped a frame!!! Absolutely unplayable.

>>105760135
Yes anon, the jews really care about bitmap fonts. This is very important.

>>105760064
>>105760068
>>105760135
>>105760137
Seethe more. Freedesktop belongs to GNOME. You aren't welcome. Your opinion doesn't matter. You don't matter. You're a nobody. GNOME decides what to support. Simple as. Don't like it? Then fuck off. You don't have any power here. GNOME has all the power.

>>105760068
Bitmap fonts are scaled+blitted as given while vector fonts are first rendered into glyphs by an engine which may have a different result than another engine. Anti aliasing should be disabled on bitmap fonts.

>>105760155
>a fucking foot

>>105759815
This. It's happening all over the Linux ecosystem right as Linux is beginning to gain traction. Expect hundreds of "minor" annoyances like this being implemented regardless of community feedback.
Captcha: DANGD

>>105759612 (OP)
> except emoji
They’re trying to turn everything into a phone

>>105760204
Same thing that has been happening to Firefox since a while, update after update implementing annoyances that everyone hates

>>105759967
They just look better

>>105760757
Source?

>>105760851
No blur from anti-aliasing

>>105759612 (OP)
**Bitmap**, **TTF (TrueType Font)**, and **OTF (OpenType Font)** are different font formats used for rendering text in digital environments. Here's a concise comparison:

### **Bitmap Fonts**
- **Definition**: Raster-based fonts stored as pixel images for specific sizes and resolutions.
- **Characteristics**:
- Fixed sizes (e.g., 8px, 16px); not scalable without quality loss.
- Each glyph is a predefined pixel grid, optimized for specific displays.
- Small file size, fast rendering.
- **Use Cases**: Early computer displays, retro games, low-resolution screens, or pixel art.
- **Pros**:
- Precise control over pixel-level appearance.
- Efficient for small, fixed-size text.
- **Cons**:
- Not scalable; looks pixelated when resized.
- Limited flexibility for modern displays.
- **File Extensions**: `.bdf`, `.pcf`, `.fon`.

### **TTF (TrueType Font)**
- **Definition**: Vector-based font format developed by Apple and Microsoft in the late 1980s.
- **Characteristics**:
- Scalable without quality loss, using mathematical curves (Bézier curves).
- Includes hinting instructions for better rendering at small sizes on screens.
- Supports basic typographic features (e.g., kerning, ligatures).
- **Use Cases**: General-purpose fonts for operating systems, applications, and printing.
- **Pros**:
- Widely supported across platforms.
- Good balance of simplicity and functionality.
- **Cons**:
- Limited advanced typographic features compared to OTF.
- Larger file sizes for complex fonts.
- **File Extension**: `.ttf`.

>>105760883
### **OTF (OpenType Font)**
- **Definition**: An extension of TrueType, developed by Microsoft and Adobe, with added support for advanced typography.
- **Characteristics**:
- Scalable, vector-based, using either TrueType or PostScript (CFF) outlines.
- Supports advanced features like ligatures, alternate glyphs, and multilingual scripts.
- More compact and flexible than TTF for complex designs.
- **Use Cases**: Professional typography, multilingual publishing, and modern design applications.
- **Pros**:
- Rich typographic capabilities (e.g., contextual alternates, small caps).
- Cross-platform compatibility.
- Better for complex scripts (e.g., Arabic, Devanagari).
- **Cons**:
- Slightly larger file sizes than TTF for simple fonts.
- Some older systems may not fully support advanced features.
- **File Extension**: `.otf`.

### **Summary**
- **Bitmap**: Best for pixel-perfect, fixed-size text in retro or low-res contexts but not versatile.
- **TTF**: Reliable, widely supported, good for everyday use with basic typography needs.
- **OTF**: Preferred for professional design, complex scripts, and advanced typographic control.

Choose based on your project’s needs: Bitmap for pixel art, TTF for general compatibility, and OTF for sophisticated typography.

>>105759612 (OP)
What makes you think "sharpness" is a metric?
Please, don't leave a comment if you have nothing to say.

>>105760902
its nice

>>105761108
This issue is getting a bit heated. I recommend slowing down.

>>105760902
>>105761121

>>105761121

>>105760255
>Implement tab stacking
FINALLY!!
>it's the worst implementation ever and it basically has no use case
HOW!?!? Opera devs solved this 20 years ago before selling out the chinese. How come the foxtrannies can't just copy that implementation?

>>105760902
>>105761121
You guys joke but I actually pulled this out on my university teacher. He gave me an assignment to write a review article. I half-assed it and submitted it full of spelling and grammatical errors. He called me and started shouting
>This is supposed to be a review article?!! THIS IS NOT EVEN WORTH READING
Then I said, with a completely dead expression on my face
>What makes you think readability is a metric?
He looked at me all confused. Then he said something that I don't even remember because I didn't care what the fuck he was saying. When he was done shouting, I stared dead into his face and said
>This conversation is getting a bit heated. I recommend slowing down.
He didn't slow down. Actually he started shouting again. He got really mad. Finally I went
>Please, don't comment if you have nothing useful to say.
I turned my back and started walking towards the door he started shouting something about my future. Without turning back, I said
>What exactly is the usecase for having a "future"?
I didn't see his face but the silence told me that he was completely stunned. Then I left the room.

>>105761248
if true hilarious but probably fake

>>105761256
Nah it is completely true because I live in a shitty third world country and the university teachers here are bullies. I had more far important stuff to do to secure a job and my future at that point in my life and this guy intentionally kept piling useless shitty assignments on his students for shits and giggles. They are fucking evil but you cant really argue with them or complain about them, thats not how the system works here. But you also need the university degree. He actually thought I was burned out and suicidal or something after I pulled the ebussy card on him.

>>105761322
>What exactly is the usecase for having a "future"?
>He thought I was suicidal
i wonder why

>>105759612 (OP)
this broke my fonts when I upgraded recently, took me a bit to figure it out (which I had to do while using incorrectly sized blurry text)
they could've at least given us an upgrade message

>>105759999
This

Bets are open for their next braindead move

Mine are
- Deprecate DBUS in favor of something that's somehow even worse
- Replace Xorg entirely with Ariadne's wayback
- Your desktop wallpaper is now a Wayland protocol where you can ONLY select an image file with the options: scale, fit, fill

>>105761248
>>105761322
I don't believe you. But my laugh was real. Thank you.

>>105761248
kek

>>105759999
>fonts look better on windows
Yeah.
>and macos
Absolutely not. MacOS font rendering is so shit they brute force it through high DPI screens.

>>105761133
I am with GNOME on this one, if the main user of bitmap fonts are furries they deserve to die

>there isn't a use case