title: Poor text scaling with Qt Quick 1.1 / QML
body: <p>I am developing a software application using Qt 4.8.4 (MSVC 2010) on a Windows 7 PC. I have just made the switch from the QWidget framework to the <strong>QML / QtQuick 1.1</strong> declarative framework however I have noticed that in QtQuick/QML, text scaling is quite poor. Letters are often cut off or skewed slightly.</p>
  
  <p><strong>In the image below</strong>, the text has been scaled due to a window resize yet it looks different everytime. </p>
  
  <p>Here is the scaling function that I used:</p>
  
  <pre><code>scale: paintedWidth &gt; maxWidth ? Math.max((maxWidth / Math.max(paintedWidth, 1)), 0.1) : 1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Basically this scaling function scales the text down only if it is larger then the size of the container that it is in. It works as it should.</p>
  
  <p><strong>I was just wondering if there is any possible way to improve text scaling in QML/Qt Quick 1.1 and if anyone else has noticed this issue?</strong> </p>
  
  <p>I know that some work has been done in regards to text scaling in QtQuick 2 but unfortunately upgrading our UI to QtQuick 2 is not a possibility right now due to compatibility issues.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/speoh.png" alt="Bad QML Text Scaling"></p>