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Font appears blurred/pixalated #1749

@kierun

Description

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Contour Terminal version

0.6.1

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Operating System

Fedora Linux 41

Architecture

x86 / i386

Other Software

The font used is PragmataPro v0.9.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Set the following in configuration:
font:
     size: 8.5
     regular:
           family: "PragmataProLiga"
  1. Start contour.

Expected Behavior

The font should not look as pixalated as it is…

Image

This is a screenshot using alacritty.

Actual Behavior

Two screenshots, one with 38 size, the other with 8.5 which is the same as the above alacritty shot.

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Additional notes

This is a somewhat subjective bug report. Does it look bad to me? Yes. Is it expected to look like this? Maybe? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The font is that it is not a free one, so I am happy to compile a branch and see is that makes a difference.

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