(In reply to comment #15)
> (In reply to comment #14)
> > Fontconfig doesn't know whether the text is being rendered to an LCD screen 
> > or
> > a printer, so fontconfig needs to be told subpixel order and whether 
> > hinting is
> > appropriate.
> 
> I admit I don't know how printing specific rendering is being done. Is it that
> antialiasing and hinting are turned off because printer resolution is much
> higher than screen and it wouldn't make sense to leave them on? (no visible
> effect?)

Not just that the printer resolution is higher, but the resolution may not
even be known at the time of generating the PDF or PS output.

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  fontconfig does not honor hintslight, hintmedium, hintfull

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