Package: xlibs Version: 4.2.1-2 Severity: normal Recently, programs using Xft to render their fonts (gtk2 and qt) have started having really bad looking fonts. I am not sure when precisely this started, although I would guess that it was within the past week or two, perhaps when xfree 4.2.1-1 or -2 was installed.
Both Xft and my X core fonts get Arial.ttf from /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType. However, when Xft renders it, the fonts just look plain bad. Example screenshots (both gtk2 and qt) can be found at http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jpolley/xft/ . Note that I have antialiasing turned off for small-sized non-italic non-bold fonts. When I turn it on, the errors are less visible, however, I feel they are still present. Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Kernel Version: Linux neokiwi 2.4.18-xfs-1.1 #6 Sun Aug 25 14:31:15 EDT 2002 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux Versions of the packages xlibs depends on: ii libc6 2.2.5-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libfreetype6 2.1.2-8 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files ii xfree86-common 4.2.1-2 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure --- Begin /etc/X11/XftConfig (modified conffile) dir "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType" dir "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" match any family == "fixed" edit family =+ "mono"; match any family == "serif" edit family += "Times New Roman"; match any family == "sans" edit family += "Arial"; includeif "~/.xftconfig" match any family == "charter" edit family += "bitstream charter"; match any family == "bitstream charter" edit family =+ "charter"; match any family == "helvetica" edit family += "arial"; match any family == "courier" edit family += "courier new"; match any family == "times" edit family += "times new roman"; match any size < 13 all slant != italic all weight != bold edit antialias = false; --- End /etc/X11/XftConfig
