On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:53:01AM +0100, BubuXP wrote: > I found the cause (maybe). > Probably the fuzzy fonts are all OpenType fonts. Starting from > freetype 2.5.0.1, the Adobe CFF engine is the default rasterizer for > those class of fonts. > https://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2013/05/adobe-contributes-cff-rasterizer-to-freetype.html > > From: > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/2013-December/005026.html > > If I remember correctly the new Adobe CFF hinter hinting levels are out of > > sync with the autohinter used with TTF fonts. > > As reported in the above link, to mitigate the bug this fix should be > enabled by default in the next fontconfig version (2.11.1, that will > be released soon): > > <match target="font"> > <test name="fontformat" compare="eq"> > <string>CFF</string> > </test> > <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign"> > <const>hintslight</const> > </edit> > </match>
I can confirm that adding that to ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf (with the appropriate XML wrapping for a fontconfig config file) solves the problem. I took screenshots of the same dialog with 2.4.9-1.1 and with 2.5.1-1 using the above config snippet, and got binary-identical screenshot PNGs. On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 09:50:33AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > Use of the Adobe hinter is optional and the default can be changed at > compile time. Does someone who's hitting this bug want to try rebuilding > freetype locally with the option changed, to see if that fixes it? (If not, > I'll prepare a test build for people to try, but it'll take a few days > before I can get to it.) I'd actually recommend *against* disabling the new hinter. I've seen several examples of hinted fonts displaying better with the new hinter. I'd simply recommend fixing the hintstyle mechanism such that it respects the same configuration as the previous hinter, so that anyone using slight hinting with the previous hinter will continue to get slight hinting with the new hinter. - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
