Text appears smoother when drawn with a technique called anti-aliasing. Strange Eons normally tries to use the text anti-aliasing settings of your operating system. However, this is not always reliable on Linux devices, so by default Strange Eons may instead guess. This works on most modern LCD displays, but you can specify a different method using the command line argument --xAAText with one of the following values:
| Option | Effect |
|---|---|
auto |
Use value read from system settings, if possible. This is the default on Windows and macOS. |
off |
Disable all text antialiasing. |
on |
Use greyscale (opacity) antialiasing. |
gasp |
Use greyscale (opacity) antialiasing as specified by each font (using the font’s GASP table, if any). |
lcd |
Use the most common LCD subpixel antialiasing (lcd_hrgb). This is the default on Linux. |
lcd_hrgb, lcd_hbgr, lcd_vrgb, lcd_vbgr |
Use the specified type of LCD subpixel antialiasing. Correct subpixel antialiasing depends on the precise arrangement of the red, green, and blue light sources that make up each pixel. The default works for most displays, but if your display uses a different arrangement you can select it with these options. |
Strange Eons generally attempts to use hardware acceleration to improve performance. In some cases this is incompatible with a particular graphics card or driver. This is often indicated by weird glitches when drawing the application window, like bits of the interface not being drawn or being drawn in the wrong place or repeated multiple times. If this happens to you, you can try the following steps:
--xDisableAcceleration, --xEnableAcceleration, and --xOpenGL. See the instructions for supplying command line options for details.Tip: On Windows, graphics glitches are so common that hardware acceleration was disabled by default as of version 3.3. On Windows, you can selectively try enabling graphics acceleration to see if you encounter drawing glitches on your device. If not, leave it enabled to enjoy improved performance.