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freetype package

  1. Bug #1722508
  2. Comment #36

Comment 36 for bug 1722508

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Martin Dauskardt (md001) wrote : Re: Font hinting appears broken on 17.10 beta

In german ubuntuusers forum there is an simpler solution without need to downgrade libfreetype.
https://forum.ubuntuusers.de/post/8914328/

Just add

FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=35 cff:no-stem-darkening=1 autofitter:warping=1"

in /etc/environment and restart x-server or reboot.