Font rendering is really bad on linux
See original GitHub issueDescribe the bug When running Ghidra, the font rendering is really bad on Linux (have not tested on other OSes).
To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Start Ghidra
- Notice the bad font rendering
Expected behavior Clear and readable fonts
Environment:
- OS: Arch Linux
- Java Version: 11.0.2
- Ghidra Version: 9.0-3
Solution
This issue can be fixed by adding VMARG_LIST+="-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on -Dswing.aatext=true"
in launch.sh
(I added this on line 114 in launch.sh
).
Before:
After adding the line:
Can this line be included standard in the package?
Issue Analytics
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- Created 5 years ago
- Reactions:2
- Comments:5
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In our next release,
-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on
will be set in support/launch.sh for Linux only.-Dswing.aatext=true
doesn’t seem to be necessary.Thanks for double checking on that!