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I've tried many alternate terminal programs (xfce-terminal, qterminal, etc.) on SL7. They all render the text the same foggy way. The underlying rendering font engine is the problem, not the terminal program. I've tried many alternate terminal programs (xfce-terminal, qterminal, etc.) on SL7. They all render the text the same foggy way. The underlying '''font rendering code''' is the problem, not the terminal program nor the display code.

Gnome3rendering

I don't know how to make Gnome3 (Scientific Linux 7.7, like CentOS 7.7) produce sharply defined letters in gnome-terminal or mate-terminal or ...

I'm used to Scientific Linux 6.10 (like CentOS 6.10) with gnome2, which produces easier-to-read, properly-proportioned text on my old 1024x768 thinkpad X61s.

And I prefer 4x3 format screens or taller; I write and read vertically formatted scientific papers and similar documents, not videos and tweets. Newer "runt" screens may be cheaper to make, but don't help me do my job; my eyes are old and I can't see smaller pixels.

Here's a comparison of two xterms, and an image of 100 lines (200x200 px) made with gimp (in SL7) for comparison:

SL67term.png line100.png

Compare the sharp pixels above to the foggy terminal below. My old eyes are already foggy and do not need extra defocusing.

I've tried many alternate terminal programs (xfce-terminal, qterminal, etc.) on SL7. They all render the text the same foggy way. The underlying font rendering code is the problem, not the terminal program nor the display code.

Gnome3rendering (last edited 2020-01-03 01:30:54 by KeithLofstrom)