Re: Console font too wide in Wheezy
On Sun, 2011-10-09 at 00:01 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> 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.
Thanks, Langasek. I see you are maintainer of libfreetype6 - I'll add
myself to bug #636776. Meanwhile I'll try to revert to version 2.4.4,
cheers,
Peter
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