> This leads me to believe that it *is* a new problem, but now you introduce > doubt. And I had it so neatly wrapped up in a little package. Sigh. Perhaps > it is an old problem that had been fixed but has returned? > > Jay
hmm.. well i can't say i *did* something to encounter that issue, i simply bumped into it months ago while i was testing a bucketload of TTF fonts all over the system.. i don't recall ever updating the box in question (other than installing kde3), so it was probably stock freetype, and the "s p a c i n g p r o b l e m" seemed to get worse or much worse, according to the font i chose. The most problematic was gnome-terminal. after some time i gave up trying to fix it... the last time i tried to use it, it would create a window so wide it didn't fit in the screen. (1024x768 screen) Obviously not many people experienced this in 8.2, so it's possible that it showed up only under certain circumstances that i'm not able to guess.. Damian
