📌List of minor rendering defects

[sammilucia]

This is for collecting known minor rendering defects. E.g.

• Software works but:
• Clipping problems
• Weird characters, but still readable
• Vertical rendering issues
• Etc.

For software failures/conflicts, please log against #426.

Unverified issues

• In Firefox, on some websites, MacType flickers on and then off In Firefox, on some websites, MacType flickers on and then off #439
• FT Opt config text shadowing (FT Opt config doesn't work properly in explorer. #367)

Verified issues

• Opera only supports DirectWrite Making Mactype work in Opera #340
• System/Control Panel elements are only rendered on redraw Incomplete rendering #503
• QtWebkit random garbage fonts especially after extended use (resolved MacType causes Zeal to display garbage characters #195)
• Touhou series subtitles covered by black lanes (resolved Touhou series subtitles covered by black lanes. #440)

[Mahayu]

Touhou series should't use Mactype or GDI++, as it will make subtitles covered by black lanes.

[justablob]

In Firefox, on some websites, MacType flickers on and then off until a CSS animation occurrs, where it turns on for half a second then its off again. I'm running Firefox 63.0b10 on Windows 10 build 17133 on a laptop with an i7-7700HQ and a GTX 1050.

Initial:

A second later:

Really annoying, looking for a fix but can't find one.

[jmbattle0]

Hello @snowie2000 and @sammilucia, great to see MacType development continuing!

Currently, I am still using the latest official 2017 release - I haven't tried the betas yet.

This is not a major issue at all, however I noticed that the splash screen on Adobe CC apps shows very bold, aliased Japanese characters when cycling through the loaded components, but only when the splash appears above another window - as in the example below:

When the splash appears on the desktop (i.e. not above any other windows), the Japanese characters display smoothly, as in the example below:

Again, this is not a big deal...just something that I have noticed over time, so thought I would mention it in this thread.

Good luck preparing for the full 2018 release!

[snowie2000]

@jmbattle0 I noticed this problem before, and yes, it's not a big deal. I thought it was due to the programmer incorrectly extract text from the background by scanning for alpha changes, like issue #440.

And interestingly enough, this glitch is gone in the latest beta. Maybe, they are indeed the same problem.

[jmbattle0]

Great stuff, thank you very much for your support.

I shall look forward to trying the full release, once it becomes available.