Re: Emacs 22.1 Windows ClearType Support

[Jason Rumney]

Drew Adams wrote:
> I haven't followed the problems reported with ClearType. But IIUC this patch 
> lets you turn ClearType on and off from within Emacs, using an environment 
> variable. If so, that's good.
>
> I find that ClearType is great with Emacs on Windows, but if it presents 
> problems in particular contexts (e.g. particular fonts or whatever), then 
> perhaps it would be worth having a toggle command to flip it?
>   
The new font backend in emacs-unicode-2 lets you override antialiasing
on a case by case basis for each font. I think an environment variable
is the wrong solution for Emacs, and if the patch really fixes the
problems, then any option is unnecessary.