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Re: Console font too wide in Wheezy



On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 04:36:21PM +0200, Peter Brüel wrote:
> I have a box that dual boots Debian Squeeze and Wheezy. In Wheezy I have
> found that the console font in X (I use Xfce as DE) is about 17% wider
> compared to Squeeze. (The height is the same.)

> I have made a screenshot in both Squeeze and Wheezy then aligned them
> and taken a screenshot for comparison:

> http://en.zimagez.com/zimage/font-compare.php

> Details (equal in both situations):

> - Font: monospace (Dejavu sans mono), size 8
> - Screen: Anti-aliasing, slight hinting, 96 dpi

This may be related to bug #636776 in freetype.

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