fontconfig for macOS-like rendering?
Craig <[email protected]> Sat, 6 Sep 2025 07:46:53 -0700
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Hi guys, I was hoping somebody here might have an example fontconfig that more closely resembles MacOS antialising/rendering. Apple isn't using sub-pixel/RGB, strictly greyscale and they do gama/aliasing in a more ideal order. I was using ftview quite a bit and found some combos that are incredibly close (v40/auto/greyscale), but I can't get them to render in applications like, for example, thunderbird which should be using freetype unscathed. This is a Thunderbird Inbox snapshot as an example <-- MacOS (ideal) on the left. Linux/freetype/ubuntu24.04/KDE-Neon on the Right. --> MacOS <----> Linux/freetype any hints (pun in tended) or fontconfig/environment-variables examples welcome, thank you! -craig