[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#799345: Bug#799345: Bug#798805: Status of this bug?

[Josh Triplett]

On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 01:05:32PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 08:42:21PM +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, den 07.10.2015, 11:11 -0700 schrieb Josh Triplett:
> > > Sure.  If you can supply a package with that change, I'll give it a
> > > try and supply screenshots.
> > 
> > Sigh, the freetype source package is driving me crazy.
> > 
> > Well, whatever, here you go:
> > 
> > https://people.debian.org/~fabian/unstable/freetype_2.6-2.1.dsc
> > 
> > Library package:
> > 
> > https://people.debian.org/~fabian/unstable/libfreetype6_2.6-2.1_amd64.deb
> > 
> > Thanks for trying!
> 
> I've attached six screenshots.  The "nostemdarken" screenshots use that
> package; the "stemdarken" screenshots use 2.6-2.  For each, I've
> provided screenshots with hintfull, hintslight, and the autohinter.
> 
> I also checked gnome-terminal with DejaVu Sans, and I don't see any
> rendering issues with the new package.
> 
> While I'd still love to see crisper rendering (and I'll likely continue
> enabling autohint for Cantarell), these packages do provide a noticeable
> improvement to rendering quality, and reduce the amount of smear on
> stems.

So, I think two separate Debian bugs remain here.  First, for
libfreetype6, I'd suggest disabling stem darkening as in the 2.6-2.1
packages above.  Second, for fonts-cantarell, I would still suggest
shipping the fontconfig configuration that enables autohinting, to
improve the default/systemwide rendering; however, for that one, I would
understand if you didn't want to do so, and I can always enable that via
my own fontconfig.

Thanks,
Josh Triplett