On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 08:37:59AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 09:23:56AM +0100, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > > > Confirmed with the upstream version, but only when > > > FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING is enabled, which is the case in > > > the Debian build but not in the default upstream build. > > > please disable enable-subpixel-rendering.patch in the next upload of the > > freetype package. > > No. Subpixel rendering is an important improvement for preserving the shape > of small fonts on LCD displays. The fact that some fonts are currently > rendered poorly with it (which so far I haven't been able to reproduce with > the fonts I'm using) does not warrant disabling this functionality > altogether. > > If you want to disable the *use* of subpixel rendering, I believe there's a > fontconfig option for this. But we should not disable the *capability* for > subpixel rendering in freetype.
Agreed, I definitely don't think subpixel rendering should be turned off entirely, or even turned off by default; this is a regression introduced in the new version of freetype. See the screenshots I posted; *both* of them have obvious subpixel rendering, but the previous freetype does sensible hinting that respects pixel boundaries and the current one does not. I use the default GNOME 3 fonts across the board (Cantarell and DejaVu), modulo font sizes. - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
