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fontconfig package

  1. Bug #210921
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 210921

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Stéphan Kochen (stephank) wrote : Re: [Bug 210921] Re: Fontconfig should default to full hinting

On 14-09-09 11:56, Pascal de Bruijn wrote:
> Well, first, you're using a commercial font for comparison, which
> renders particularly well with slight hinting, other fonts do not fare
> as well. Also, are you using a non-standard size as well? 9pt?
>
> I've attached a comparison using the default font in Ubuntu 'sans',
> which is aliased to DejaVu Sans if I'm not mistaken. The font here is
> also at it's default size 10pt.

Thanks for that screenshot. Even if it was just to convince me.

That and going back to Patrik's screenshot, the default fonts definitely
look better with full hinting.