Bug#679232: libxft2: update from 2.2.0-3 -> 2.3.1-1 breaks font in rxvt-unicode

["Michel L." <debbugs.corlav@spamgourmet.com>]

Package: libxft2
Followup-For: Bug #679232

Hello,

For some reason libxft2 was upgraded, even tho it was put on hold:

[UPGRADE] libxft2:amd64 2.2.0-3 -> 2.3.1-1

So came back to look at this bug report for any updates or workarounds.
After reading message #17[0]. Gave this a try, instead of downgrading
back to 2.2.0-3.

Using the following seems to work[as far as I can tell] in my
~/.Xresources:

URxvt*font:              xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=true
URxvt*letterSpace:       -1

Thank you, Oscar for the workaround/tip.

[0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=679232#17


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.8-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libxft2:amd64 depends on:
ii  libc6              2.13-38
ii  libfontconfig1     2.9.0-7.1
ii  libfreetype6       2.4.9-1.1
ii  libx11-6           2:1.5.0-1
ii  libxrender1        1:0.9.7-1
ii  multiarch-support  2.13-38

libxft2:amd64 recommends no packages.

libxft2:amd64 suggests no packages.

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