On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 01:13:08PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 08:37:59AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 09:23:56AM +0100, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > > > > Confirmed with the upstream version, but only when > > > > FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING is enabled, which is the case in > > > > the Debian build but not in the default upstream build. > > > > > please disable enable-subpixel-rendering.patch in the next upload of the > > > freetype package. > > > > No. Subpixel rendering is an important improvement for preserving the shape > > of small fonts on LCD displays. The fact that some fonts are currently > > rendered poorly with it (which so far I haven't been able to reproduce with > > the fonts I'm using) does not warrant disabling this functionality > > altogether. > > > > If you want to disable the *use* of subpixel rendering, I believe there's a > > fontconfig option for this. But we should not disable the *capability* for > > subpixel rendering in freetype. > > Agreed, I definitely don't think subpixel rendering should be turned off > entirely, or even turned off by default; this is a regression introduced > in the new version of freetype. See the screenshots I posted; *both* of > them have obvious subpixel rendering, but the previous freetype does > sensible hinting that respects pixel boundaries and the current one does > not. > > I use the default GNOME 3 fonts across the board (Cantarell and DejaVu), > modulo font sizes. >
Maybe to make it more clear what Josh says: If you upgrade freetype from 2.4.9-1.1 to 2.5.1-1 on a system with perfectly looking fonts, your fonts look ugly afterwards. I noticed that the font hinting levels are affected. If I choose slight hinting, all fonts except the monospace one in the terminal look OK again (the terminal looks ugly then, but looked OK before). And there is no difference between medium and full hinting in 2.5.1. Subpixel hinting on or off does not make any difference. This is very annoying. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. Please do not top-post if possible. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
