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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-42564

Windows: Don't do GDI workarounds if using FreeType

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • P3: Somewhat important
    • 5.4.1
    • 5.4.0 Beta
    • GUI: Font handling
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    • 33739ccb95b5341bbf8173350a66a766277e9bc1

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      Some workarounds were introduced because GDI rendering was different between XP and >= Vista, when using FreeType we should run the normal code path instead.

      Small fonts are almost unreadable right now, very pale, and I don't mean pale like QTBUG-40971, a lot more.

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-41590 Pale text rendering on Linux compared to Qt4

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
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              iamsergio Sergio Martins
              iamsergio Sergio Martins
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