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by trycatch 4509 days ago
The deal-breaking problem I have under Linux with editors based on node-webkit like Brackets and Light Table -- for some reason they don't use subpixel rendering, making all text extremely blurry. Maybe it's that issue https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/issues/734, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I am not aware about any workaround, and just can't use them in their current state.
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dubcanada 4509 days ago
Brackets is not based on node-webkit. Brackets is based on CEF3 which is a API exposing library that uses Chromium. Node-webkit uses Chromium as well. So it's most likely chromium that is the issue.
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aninhumer 4509 days ago
That looks like a hinting problem rather than a lack of subpixel rendering.

EDIT: Or rather, it's both, but if you can't fix one you might want to try the other. Personally I've always preferred strong hinting and greyscale anti-aliasing to soft subpixel rendering.

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