由于历史原因,Windows 系统上的文字显示(尤其是汉字)一直饱受部分用户诟病。这主要归咎于 ClearType 次像素字体渲染技术,以及字体 hinting 技术。
Due to historical reasons, the text display (especially Kanji, Chinese characters) on Windows has always been complained by some users. This is mainly because of the ClearType subpixel font rendering technology, and the font hinting technology.
MacType 是一款用于改善 Windows 字体渲染的工具。通过 FreeType 字体渲染技术取代 ClearType,使 Windows 系统的文字显示效果向 macOS、iOS、Android 等看齐。该工具具有很高的自由度,例如支持修改字体渲染方式,开关 hinting 等。这对于包括我在内的一众 Windows 用户而言可以说是拯救双眼的神器。
MacType is a tool for improving the font rendering on Windows. It replaces ClearType with FreeType, making the text display on Windows as good as those on macOS, iOS and Android, etc. The tool is highly customizable. For example, it allows shifting font rendering methods and toggling font hinting. For some Windows users including myself, this saves our eyes.
本人编写的配置文件积淀了我至少五年的 MacType 使用经验。相比 MacType 自带的配置文件,在我个人看来具有明显更好的效果。
The MacType configuration files written by me are with more than 5 years of MacType experience. When compared to the built-in configurations, these configurations provide much better font rendering in my view.
如图所示,左侧为 Windows 默认的字体渲染效果,右侧为 MacType 配合我的配置文件的效果。首先将系统字体替换为「更纱黑体」。其次禁用了次像素渲染,文字边缘不再出现诡异的彩色。最后禁用了 hinting,汉字不再高低不平。整体显示效果也更有「柔顺」感。
As you can see in the picture above. On the left side is the default font rendering of Windows, and on the right side is MacType with my configurations. Firstly the font is changed to "Sarasa Gothic". Secondly the subpixel font rendering is disabled, so the weird colorful text borders go away. Lastly the font hinting also gets disabled, so the height of Chinese characters becomes constant as it is supposed to be. The overall text display feels "smoother" as well.
原始配置文件由 [email protected] 编写,SAM TOKI STUDIO 修改并发布改进了的配置文件,对配置文件不持有版权。教程文档保留版权。
The original configuration files are written by [email protected]. SAM TOKI STUDIO modified and published the optimized versions of them, and does not own the copyright of them. However, the copyright of the manual is reserved by me.
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