Font rendering on GNOME vs KDE

mFat@lemdro.id to Linux@lemmy.ml – 24 points –

Is it just me or fonts really look better on GNOME and other (gtk DEs)? With the same font smoothing/anti-aliasing settings, text in GNOME is smoother and more similar to MacOS fonts.

A good example is Cantrell font. It looks way better in GNOME than in KDE.

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The backend should be the same (Freetype)… only difference I can think of is that GNOME uses Wayland by default while KDE defaults to X11 and offers Wayland as an option. Do you have a HiDPI screen?

I use X11 on both DEs with an Apple Cinema Display 27".

I use X11 on both DEs with an Apple Cinema Display 27".