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  1. Lucid (10.04)
  2. Bug #512615
  3. Comment #139

Comment 139 for bug 512615

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Tom Jaeger (thjaeger) wrote : Re: [Bug 512615] Re: fonts are incorrectly rendered due to not using system cairo

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.