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and subject line Bug#866950: fixed in fontconfig 2.12.3-0.2
has caused the Debian Bug report #866950,
regarding fontconfig: upgrade radically changes font-rendering style with no
warning or hint of how to revert
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Package: fontconfig
Version: 2.12.3-0.1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
When I upgraded fontconfig, fontconfig-config, libfontconfig1 (both
amd64 and i386), and libfontconfig1-dev from version 2.11.0-6.7+b1 to
version 2.12.3-0.1, as part of a routine dist-upgrade against testing, I
was unpleasantly surprised to see the fonts in some of my open
applications (most notably Firefox and Thunderbird) change appearance
significantly. Downgrading back to 2.11.0-6.7+b1 restored the previous
font appearance. This bug report was written after that downgrade; I
have modified the version tag by hand to reflect the affected version.
I do not know what the nature of the underlying change that causes this
behavior change is. I have searched through various fontconfig-related
configuration files without identifying any obviously relevant entries,
examined a diff of the source of the two versions, and tried a few
"disable font smoothing" suggestions from the Web, without seeing any
change in the results.
With version 2.11.0-6.7+b1, a particular page of one particular Website
looks like this:
http://www.fraglimit.net/~wanderer/debian/bug-examples/fonts-with-fontconfig-2.11.0-6.7+b1_example.png
This is the "good" result; the font appearance shown on the page in this
image is the one I want to retain. (However, the fonts on the browser UI
elements are in the undesired form, having not been reloaded from before
the downgrade.)
With version 2.12.3-0.1, the same page in the same browser (with only a
page reload in between) looks like this:
http://www.fraglimit.net/~wanderer/debian/bug-examples/fonts-with-fontconfig-2.12.3-0.1_example.png
This is the "bad" result, the one I want to avoid.
The exact procedure which resulted in these images is:
* Upgrade to 2.12.3-0.1.
* Restart the browser, and return to the page.
* Downgrade to 2.11.0-6.7+b1.
* Take the 2.12.3-0.1 screenshot.
* Reload the page.
* Take the 2.11.0-6.7+b1 screenshot.
These images will remain up at these locations for some time, but are
not guaranteed to remain available there indefinitely.
I apologize for the high screenshot resolution; that is a reflection of
the resolution at which I run.
It is possible that there may be a way to modify the configuration of my
local system to avoid this behavior change. If so, please provide an
indication of where to find this configuration setting, in a place which
should be available to someone upgrading the package.
If there is no way to do that, and the behavior change is intentional
(either on the part of the packagers or the part of upstream), please
announce at upgrade time the fact that the change will occur - either
via the changelog, or via NEWS.
If the behavior change is not intentional, please modify the package so
that it does not occur with future versions.
If there is anything I can do to help track this down, please do not
hesitate to let me know.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers testing-debug
APT policy: (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages fontconfig depends on:
ii dpkg 1.18.24
ii fontconfig-config 2.11.0-6.7
ii libc6 2.24-12
ii libfontconfig1 2.11.0-6.7+b1
ii libfreetype6 2.6.3-3.2
fontconfig recommends no packages.
fontconfig suggests no packages.
-- debconf-show failed
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: fontconfig
Source-Version: 2.12.3-0.2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
fontconfig, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Laurent Bigonville <[email protected]> (supplier of updated fontconfig package)
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Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2017 21:16:21 +0200
Source: fontconfig
Binary: fontconfig fontconfig-config fontconfig-udeb libfontconfig1-dev
libfontconfig1
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 2.12.3-0.2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Keith Packard <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Laurent Bigonville <[email protected]>
Description:
fontconfig - generic font configuration library - support binaries
fontconfig-config - generic font configuration library - configuration
fontconfig-udeb - generic font configuration library - minimal runtime (udeb)
libfontconfig1 - generic font configuration library - runtime
libfontconfig1-dev - generic font configuration library - development
Closes: 866950
Changes:
fontconfig (2.12.3-0.2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Non-maintainer upload.
* Add a NEWS file to describe the change in the default hinting style. Also
add a debconf question to allow the administrator to change it (Closes:
#866950)
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