> So, to answer questions #1 and #2, there's no known solution

(though, as the XML in your first post suggested, you should be able to
work around the problem by disabling font-hinting.  For more details see:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403513#c5  )


Daniel Holbert wrote:
> There's already an open bug for this issue:
> 
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403513
> ('bad kerning in print output if hinting is set to "medium" or "full"')
> 
> So, to answer questions #1 and #2, there's no known solution, and hence
> upgrading to later versions of Firefox won't fix the issue. (at least, not
> yet)
> 
> (Any further comments should be posted on the bug itself, so as to
> minimize the number of places in which the same issue is discussed)
> 
> ~Daniel
> 
> krithika wrote:
>> I have embedded xulrunner1.9 in java and generating PDF using that
>> setup.But users compile that kerning is off when printing to PDF. I
>> was advised to do the below setting in my font.config file to solve
>> spacing issue.
>>
>>
>> <match target="font">
>>     <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
>>     <const>hintnone</const>
>>     </edit>
>>     </match>
>>
>>
>> My queries are
>>
>> 1. How to solve this Kerning issue?
>> 2. Will moving to later versions of firefox address this issue?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in Advance,
>> Krithi.
>>
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