> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:34:35 +0100 > From: [email protected] (akhiezer) > > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 06:41:24 -0500 > [...] > > > > This problem returned in BLFS 8.0 but with a twist as neither method I > > used in 7.10 works. But deleting/renaming > > /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf plus adding the following to > > /etc/profile works: > > > > export FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=35 > > cff:no-stem-darkening=1 autofitter:warping=1" > > > > The above works only without /etc/fonts/local.conf. > > > > Again, this is not a BLFS problem. It may be a freetype problem as the > > freetype version changed between 7.10 and 8.0. It's posslble the > > interpreter line added to /etc/profile will be unnecessary with the next > > version. I hope. > > > > I'm probably in the minority but I greatly prefer the lighter, crisper, > > pre-10-hinting-slight.conf fonts. There may be other ways to achieve > > them but the above method works well on my box. > > > > > Not sure if this is covered ~implicitly in the followups from you/Mike
- ah, yeah, looks like it's essentially covered in: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.7/ "... IMPORTANT CHANGES ..." > to orig msg above - but anyhow, in case it sheds any addl light: just > saw today: > ==== > http://www.slackware.com/changelog/current.php?cpu=x86_64 > > Current (pre-release) ChangeLog for x86_64 > > Wed Apr 26 23:09:45 UTC 2017 > [...] > l/freetype-2.7.1-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded. > Subpixel hinting has been enabled upstream by default, but you > may adjust this in /etc/profile.d/freetype.{csh,sh}. > ==== > > > And it's 2.7.1 freetye that's in blfs-8.0 and not in blfs-7.10 : > ==== > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.10/ > FreeType-2.6.5 > Fontconfig-2.12.1 > == > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/8.0/ > FreeType-2.7.1 > Fontconfig-2.12.1 > ==== > akh -- -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
