Andrew, I was hit by the same fontconfig issue. While looking for a solution, I stumbled upon this Mageia bug report [1]. I believe that guys at Mageia did pinpoint the source of this change. They have also posted a possible configuration fix:
Create /etc/fontconfig/local.conf with:
<match target="font">
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
<const>hintfull</const>
</edit>
</match>
This fix worked fine for me (as far as I can tell).
Regards,
T.
[1] https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18488
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