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  1. Bug #512615
  2. Comment #140

Comment 140 for bug 512615

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 512615] Re: fonts are incorrectly rendered due to not using system cairo

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 07:07:07PM -0000, Tom Jaeger wrote:
> Alexander Sack wrote:
> >> I guess I don't really understand what you expect to happen between now
> >> and beta1. The chances of an lcd filtering patch landing in cairo
> >> master in this timeframe is minuscule and even if it did, there'd be
> >> hardly enough time for testing. So we're limited to the patch that is
> >> out there right now. I only see four options:
> >
> > the lcd issue is not the main issue here. the upstrema bug link is
> > wrong. the main issue we need to first fix is to get ffox honour your
> > hinting style at all ... once that is done we can discuss details like
> > the lcd patch etc.
>
> I fail to see how the two issues are related and why one needs to be
> fixed before the other. I also think you have your priorities wrong:
> This issue has already generated much more discussion than the hinting
> style issue, which has been around since the jaunty release cycle (IIRC)
> and has a fairly straightforward workaround in terms of messing with
> /etc/fonts/conf.d.
>

The hinting style issue was around with upstream builds, but not with
our system-cairo builds.

 - Alexander