You are right, no configurable setting could fix fonts in Chrome, only downgrade to 2.6.5.
I tried to hardcode "truetype:interpreter-version=35" The fonts in Chrome looks: http://i.imgur.com/g9q9y2I.png Note the bold font in names. On 4/19/17, Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It is very sweet that with 2.7.1 release those who are upset with >> the new default can return to the old ones by setting an environment >> variable like FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=35". >> The problem is environment variable is not a truly global setting. >> For example when you run a program using "sudo", it does not get >> parent's environment variables. And there never will be >> FREETYPE_PROPERTIES. >> >> Please consider an alternative way to set FREETYPE_PROPERTIES >> globally, via a file in /etc or something alternative to env var. > > This is issue #49187. > > https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?49187 > > For me, this has zero priority. > > Please also check the various discussions on the `freetype-devel' > mailing list in July 2016, using the topic `Something in 2.6.4 broke > my windows' and variations of it. > > http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/freetype-devel/2016-07/threads.html > > > Werner > _______________________________________________ Freetype mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype
