https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=215602 mfabian@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Comment #12 from mfabian@novell.com 2006-11-16 05:22 MST ------- New fonts-config submitted to STABLE: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Nov 15 19:20:16 CET 2006 - mfabian@suse.de - Bugzilla #215602: don't use the embedded bitmaps in the IPA fonts because they are only available in 12, 14, and 16 pixels. - Bugzilla #215602: Don't use the autohinter for fonts where it it distorts the metrics so badly that even the digits which should be monospaced are not monospaced at all anymore. - Don't use the autohinter for good quality TrueType fonts. ------------------------------------------------------------------- You can download the new package for testing here: http://software.opensuse.org/download/M17N/SUSE_Factory/noarch/fonts-config-... /usr/sbin/fonts-config generates /etc/fonts/suse-hinting.conf and /etc/fonts/suse-bitmaps.conf which contain the new setup. The autohinter is not only switched off for the IPA fonts but for all TrueType fonts because - high quality TrueType fonts like Déjà Vu look much better when the byte code interpreter is used instead of the autohinter. - among the fonts which look better (i.e. sharper) when using the autohintern, *many* have severe problems with the distortion of the metrics. I only switched the autohinter on again for a rather small list of fonts where it really seems to help *and* where I could not find serious metrics distortion. Closing this bug as FIXED. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.