SYNOPSIS

ftgamma

DESCRIPTION

The ftgamma demo program opens a window showing series of grey stripes filled with solid color and checkered pattern of pixels. Your monitor's gamma value roughly corresponds to the horizontal position where the solid and checkered stripes are equally bright when seen from some distance. Three brightness targets are explored: 33%, 50%, and 67%. If the input-output curve of your monitor does not follow ideal power law relationship, you might observe slightly different gamma values at different brightness levels. It is also possible to examine gamma values for basic colors.

An alternative pattern of slightly slanted anti-aliased lines is provided to calibrate gamma for uniform perceived thickness of the lines. The gamma value that corresponds to vanishing moiré pattern is ideal for anti-aliased font rendering.

This program does not have any options.

This program is part of the FreeType demos package.