Anti-aliasing not applied in Ubuntu 18.04 interface

[gurumark]

Hi, The interface font is not looking readable, lacks anti-aliasing, see the image: Is there any solution for this issue? Thanks/

[dvdn]

Hi, Confirmed (Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS) I have weird dots between letters

Merci,

[dullroar]

Confirmed with BG 3.1 on Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia as well. In the source view, WYSIWYG view, menus and toolbars, Preferences panels, etc., etc., etc.

[MunyuShizumi]

Confirmed with BG 3.1 on Arch Linux w/ Cinnamon on 2020-02-19. Affects nearly all font rendering. Letters are incorrectly positioned and often cut off on the right.

Menu

WYSIWYG view

[dvdn]

:star: [ SOLUTION ] :star: As it's based on the rendering engine of Firefox, a 'Firefox solution' worked like a charm :heavy_check_mark: You need to edit 2 rendering parameters in Bluegriffon Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Advanced Configuration :

gfx.canvas.azure.backends  
gfx.content.azure.backends

Change them from 'skia' to 'cairo'

Restart, Problem solved :tada: ! (at least on Ubuntu18)

Thanks to this post https://z-issue.com/wp/ugly-fonts-in-mozilla-firefox-and-thunderbird-under-linux-skia-and-cairo/

[dullroar]

@dvdn Your solution worked for me on Linux Mint 19.3, as well. Nice find!

[therealglazou]

@dvdn thanks a zillion, will add it to the repo asap. Even better, can you make a PR?

[dvdn]

That's the spirit :+1: I'm not Mozilla expert but yes I'll try something.

(off-topic : @therealglazou your blog seems down http://glazman.org/weblog/)

[endlisnis]

Did this end up getting fixed? I still see this in Linux Mint 20.

[Marek-Moehling]

@dvdn Your solution worked for me on Linux Mint 19.3, as well. Nice find!

Same here, Mint 19.3 Mate. @dvdn Thx!

[mfreeman72]

Did this end up getting fixed? I still see this in Linux Mint 20.

The above fix works in Mint 20. It hasn't apparently made it into the program's default configuration yet.

[Murray-Dawson]

Genius! The fix has made an unusable program languishing on Linux Mint (19.3) into a useful tool. BlueGriffon is the only WYSIWYG web editor on Linux I know of and I do hope that it's not dropped as a project.

[Distortions81]

Why is this bug/setting still an issue 4 years later? Seems like this should get fixed.

[gessel]

Still works, still needed.

[mfreeman72]

There hasn't been any work on this in over 3 years. I'm thinking that this is a dead project, and this won't get fixed. Very sad, as this is a terrific program! Anyone want to fork it and get a new release made? ;)

[numanuk1984]

@dvdn can confirm that this fix works in Manjaro 23.0.1. Very happy with this software now.

[Murray-Dawson]

Still works on the latest Linux Mint (21.3). BlueGriffon is highly under-rated in my view and should be better known. It's a treat to have available on Linux, and it's a shame people have to find their way to this page to get its appearance functional. It no longer works on recent Mac OS's I've read. As others have said, this package is a real credit to the developer @therealglazou and I do hope it's not going to become abandonware - it's simply too good to lose. Its responsive design is far better than the last non-subscription version of Dreamweaver. About the only functionality I miss is for multiple open tabs or whole site management - the inability to "save all" or search and replace within multiple pages at once - the unsupported MS Expression Web for Windows is a powerhouse in that respect. There still is a use-case for BlueGriffon despite development largely moving to browser-based website creation and CMS - that has severely eroded the market/userbase for stand alone web creation software.