Bug#257417: plain clock doesn't nicely render proportional fonts
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 01:58:53PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> with some proportional fonts (z.B. bitstream charter 19), plain clock
> has the time jumping back and forth one pixel depending on which digit
> is just being displayed for the second. This is most probable due to
> font hinting, but an annoyance because the jumping clock draws
> attention.
>
> Please consider the method of drawing the digits, and draw each digit
> individually if necessary.
After investigating further, this is not a clock problem, but can be
seen in other applications as well. I think it is a bug either in the
fonts or in the font rendering apparatus that digits don't render
exactly the same width.
I don't know enough about X and fonts to reassign to the proper
package and would ask somebody more knowledgeable to reassign.
Greetings
Marc
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