High DPI GUI chinese text is very jaggy

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windows 10 x64 21H2
200% DPI scale up

1.8.8 -> 1.9.10
version 1.8.8 might be ok (overwrited and forget to backup so can't check rn)
with the new version I noticed the text is ugly immediately

to compare, I wrote same text in the windows notepad.exe with same font familiar and similar font size

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version 1.8.8 might be ok (overwrited and forget to backup so can't check rn)

Please you can try it here

[alee001]

Just passing by…

Many Simplified Chinese software programs exhibit this issue (thickness of strokes) due to different system fonts.

I use Traditional Chinese, and MP's strokes are actually clearer than Windows fonts. If MP's font is too thin, it can even make the text harder to read.

I hope the Chinese font and custom size can be improved.

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version 1.8.8 might be ok (overwrited and forget to backup so can't check rn)

Please you can try it here

Thanks for the files, seems I didn't notice this for years
after many tests, that last good version is 0.88

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Hi I just found out myself

It's Qt's fault

Following guide from this article, then it looks smooth as hell now

Method 1

Place a qt.conf file in the same directory as the executable (.exe) or edit existing one, add the following content:

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[Platforms]
WindowsArguments = fontengine=freetype

Method 2 (Recommended)

Settings -> Advanced system settings -> Environment Variables

Variable name: QT_QPA_PLATFORM
Variable value: windows:fontengine=freetype

fxxk qt