Font rendering inconsistencies: mixed/mismatched/incongruent 'rgba' & grayscale possible

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==> dconf-editor <==

1. org/gnome/desktop/interface
2. font-antialiasing: ‘rgba’
3. font-hinting: ‘full’

==> gnome-tweaks <==

1. Fonts/Rendering
2. Hinting: Full
3. Antialiasing: Subpixel (for LCD screens)

==> why this is a problem <==

Expected result: all gtk4 applications use the same font-rendering configuration as the interface
Actual result: gtk4 applications appear to use “Standard (grayscale)” “Antialiasing” “Rendering” “Fonts” instead of “rgba”.

==> ptyxis <==
Ptyxis 49.1
GTK: 4.20.2 (Compiled against 4.20.1)
VTE: 0.82.0 (Compiled against 0.82.0)

==> gnome-text-editor <==
Text Editor 49.0 (49.0)
GTK: 4.20.2 (Compiled against 4.20.1)
GtkSourceView: 5.18.0 (Compiled against 5.18.0)

==> Settings/About <==
GNOME Version: 49
Windowing System: Wayland

==> Screenshot/Evidence <==

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if they’re all GNOME Version 49 and Wayland Windowing System, then why are some subpixel and others are grayscale? is there a workaround to synchronize font-rendering settings between applications?

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This screenshot is GNOME OS Nightly
let me know if I’m posting too much and I’ll stop

[tragivictoria (Victoria 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈)]

They use different font rendering, since font rgba was removed in gtk4, and dconf-editor is still on gtk3. But I don’t know why it doesn’t follow your font settings. On my Fedora system alongside flatpak dconf-editor, it does use grayscale, too.

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@tragivictoria

font rgba was removed in gtk4, and dconf-editor is still on gtk3

Both of these facts are unfortunate; thank you for the information! I hope that dconf-editor will be moved to gtk4, and that subpixel antiäliasing is reïntroduced.
EDIT: Wait, why is the top bar subpixel-antiäliased? Isn’t that part of GNOME, and therefore gtk4?

[tragivictoria (Victoria 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈)]

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EDIT: Wait, why is the top bar subpixel-antiäliased? Isn’t that part of GNOME, and therefore gtk4?

GNOME-Shell doesn’t use gtk but st. But I also don’t know an answer to this question, sorry.