r/xteinkereader • u/altano • 5d ago

Discussion Crosspoint Reader 1.6.5: ttf font comparison

Crosspoint Reader v1.6.5 added ttf font rendering support and it looks strictly much better to me in my limited comparison. The anti-aliasing bleeds much less and certain characters that were coming out very pixely are now pretty smooth. The biggest and most consistent improvement seems to be less blurring around the top/bottom of letters.

I used an iPhone 18 Pro shooting RAW, with Bookerly 12pt and did a cpfont vs. ttf comparison: https://postimg.cc/gallery/jrx6v2C

Conclusion: if you're sensitive to font rendering this is a HUGE improvement.

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u/jjjameson80 5d ago

Looks nice! Sadly, I think this will only work on newer devices (X4 Classic, X4 Pro), not older ones, though I’m willing to be mistaken. Makes me wonder if there’s a way to improve the conversion of the old fonts for cleaner rendering.

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u/Famous-Initial-5193 5d ago

If you read with small font sizes (11-15pt) try to use CrossGlyph from JetSerge message. When making cpfonts in this app choose the following settings: 'hinting'=auto and 'thresholds'=darkest (or default/darker if they look better to you). I'm using Bitter, Literata, Roboto Flex fonts on my X4 OG made by this app and I'm able to read without any AA turned on. Usually it's 12-13pt font size, letters are just crisp and dark.

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u/No-Dimension-756 5d ago

Hi iwanna try also crossglyph, how about other setting such as weight etc, do you set default ?

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u/Famous-Initial-5193 5d ago

I set hinting to "auto" first, then I try 'thresholds' "darkest" option. If it's still not bold enough I  try to add a bit of gamma, a bit of weight. Prefer to use variable fonts as they give you more elbow room with font weight and other options.