Package: fontconfig-config Version: 2.4.2-1.2 Severity: normal Tags: patch As demonstrated and explained on http://web.mit.edu/jmorzins/www/palatino.html the URW Palladio L font looks awful on X when hinting is enabled; the fix supplied on the same page is trivial and works great.
Please provide this snippet in /etc/fonts/conf.d: <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <!-- http://web.mit.edu/jmorzins/www/palatino.html --> <fontconfig> <match target="font"> <test name="family"> <string>URW Palladio L</string> </test> <edit name="hinting"> <bool>false</bool> </edit> </match> </fontconfig> --- System information. --- Architecture: amd64 Kernel: Linux 2.6.20-1-amd64 Debian Release: lenny/sid 900 testing security.debian.org 900 testing ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be 10 unstable ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be --- Package information. --- Depends (Version) | Installed =================================-+-=========== debconf (>= 0.5) | 1.5.14 OR debconf-2.0 | ucf (>= 0.29) | 3.001 ttf-dejavu | 2.19-1 OR ttf-bitstream-vera | 1.10-7 OR ttf-freefont | OR gsfonts-x11 | 0.20 OR msttcorefonts | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

