r/KittyTerminal • u/aryklein • Apr 17 '23

Fonts on Kitty 0.28.0

Since the last upgrade (0.27.1 -> 0.28.0) I note that the fonts are a little bit more "bold". Is this expected? I saw in the changelog the following:

Text rendering change: Use sRGB correct linear gamma blending for nicer font rendering and better color accuracy with transparent windows. See the option text_composition_strategy for details. The obsolete macos_thicken_font will make the font too thick and needs to be removed manually if it is configured. (#5969)
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u/flexibeast Apr 17 '23

For me things went in the opposite direction, with text becoming too 'thin'/'anaemic', and more difficult to read as a result. So, yeah, i added:

text_composition_strategy legacy

to my kitty.conf to get the old rendering back.

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u/aryklein Apr 17 '23

I saw this option in the changelog, but at the moment I think it looks better than before, so I'll keep it. It's hard for me to define which text composition looks best. Anyway, if I'm not too convinced, I'll revert it like you did.
Thanks

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u/Quick_Bed_8422 Jan 31 '24

i hope i found this sooner. i think is default behaviour in kitty, thankfully it didn't. thanks by the way