> > This made my current fonts really hard to read... > > > > I don't think we should change the fontconfig defaults to match some > developpers personnal tastes.
I never said we should :-) I only mentionned this because I can bet some people will ask|complain why their fonts in 5.9 are ugly -- that's all. > Fonts appearance are a lot a matter of personal preferences. So it's > ok to need to tweak some buttons if you're not happy with the defaults. Sure, and that's what I do. > What application(s) is(are) affected ? At least, all gtk3 apps. > Which font and font size is it ? Small(er) fonts; size 8 and below. > Personnally I do indeed prefer autohinting for small DejaVu Mono > fonts. So I've set that in my ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf file: Yeah, I use something similar. I know how to work with that stuff; I am just saying that this small commit does have a real obvious effect on the display. -- Antoine