From 24252e0776fb33b90497cf3d9b07ba38152b65b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 10:55:43 -0400 Subject: Updated FAQ with HiDPI font display on Windows. Thanks to Ashwin Hirschi. --- FAQ.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 3b141453..96cb4a1f 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -166,6 +166,21 @@ rather than just the name of the "ttf" file in your Fonts directory. - - - +**Q:** +On my Windows HiDPI display, Textadept's fonts look fuzzy or blurred. How can I +make them crisp like other HiDPI-aware applications? + +**A:** +GTK 2.0, the cross-platform GUI toolkit Textadept uses, is not HiDPI aware, so +you need to instruct Windows to take over font rendering. Right-click on the +Textadept executable and select "Properties". Click on the "Compatibility" tab +and then the "Change high DPI settings" button. Check the "Override high DPI +scaling" checkbox towards the bottom of the pop-up dialog. The next time you +run Textadept, the fonts should look much better. You may have to tweak other +settings in the dialog, but the above worked for me. + +- - - + **Q:** When I use Mercurial >= 3.9 to clone Textadept's source code repository, I get an "unsupported protocol" error related to TLS. How do I get around this? -- cgit v1.2.3