Hillel Lubman wrote: > On 16/11/2009 14:12, Stefan Teleman wrote: >> "Sans" and "Serif" are not actual fonts -- they are moniker aliases >> for DejaVu Sans, or FreeSans, or whatever Thunderbird configured them >> to alias. >> >> You need to pick and choose the right fonts for Serif and Sans, namely >> the fonts which look best on your particular graphical display >> combination of variables. >> >> --Stefan >> > This what I'm trying to figure out. How did actual fonts for Sans and > Serif changed with transition from 126 to 127? It doesn't look like just > a rendering difference. The style of the font changed.
I've already stated that there was a significant change in fontconfig and freetype in Nevada 127. I'll rephrase it: there was a *very significant change* in fontconfig and freetype introduced in Nevada 127. --Stefan -- Stefan Teleman Sun Microsystems, Inc. stefan.teleman at Sun.COM