QT5.9 Text is not smooth

[Akshay Bhavsar]

Hi

I am using QT 5.9 in my project. Prior to that I was using QT5.5

Below is difference I am seeing in QT 5.5 and QT5.9

QT5.5

QT5.9

It seems text is not smooth in QT 5.9

Please suggest me if I am missing something.

Thanks.

[mrjj]

Hi
Is the on the same PC ?

[Akshay Bhavsar]

Yes @mrjj

[mrjj]

@Akshay-Bhavsar
Hi
ok.
as far as i know, there is no flag to change font smoothing.
The 5.9 does look smoothed also but not as much as in 5.5

There does seems to be something changed
https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/interest/2017-December/028911.html
but if that applies to your platform i dont know.

[Akshay Bhavsar]

Can someone please suggest any possible solution?

[JKSH]

@Akshay-Bhavsar What are you using to display the text?

[Akshay Bhavsar]

I am using QML and QT desktop for display

[JKSH]

@Akshay-Bhavsar said in QT5.9 Text is not smooth:

I am using QML and QT desktop for display

I meant, which Type of object/class are you using to display the text?

If it is the Text type, see if the renderType and renderTypeQuality settings can help: https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qml-qtquick-text.html#renderType-prop

Note: Qt 5.9 reached end-of-life in May 2020. Since you are upgrading from Qt 5.5, I strongly suggest you upgrade to at least Qt 5.12 LTS

[Akshay Bhavsar]

I am using Text Type
I have set renderType: Text.NativeRendering
renderTypeQuality is not available in this version
antialiasing : true

& I am not allowed to change QT version.

[JKSH]

@Akshay-Bhavsar said in QT5.9 Text is not smooth:

renderTypeQuality is not available in this version

Ah sorry... I was looking at the Qt 6 documentation.

Does changing renderType change the look?

I am not allowed to change QT version.

That's a bit unfortunate

[Akshay Bhavsar]

renderType doesnt change the look.

regards,
Akshay

[JKSH]

@Akshay-Bhavsar I hope you find a solution