Bug#164895: xlibs: Non-AA Xft renders fonts poorly
Package: xlibs
Version: 4.2.1-2
Severity: normal
Recently, programs using Xft to render their fonts (gtk2 and qt) have started
having really bad looking fonts. I am not sure when precisely this started,
although I would guess that it was within the past week or two, perhaps when
xfree 4.2.1-1 or -2 was installed.
Both Xft and my X core fonts get Arial.ttf from
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType. However, when Xft renders
it, the fonts just look plain bad. Example screenshots (both gtk2 and qt)
can be found at http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jpolley/xft/ .
Note that I have antialiasing turned off for small-sized non-italic non-bold
fonts. When I turn it on, the errors are less visible, however, I feel they
are still present.
Jonathan
jpolley@wam.umd.edu
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux neokiwi 2.4.18-xfs-1.1 #6 Sun Aug 25 14:31:15 EDT 2002 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
Versions of the packages xlibs depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libfreetype6 2.1.2-8 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
ii xfree86-common 4.2.1-2 X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
--- Begin /etc/X11/XftConfig (modified conffile)
dir "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
dir "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
match any family == "fixed" edit family =+ "mono";
match any family == "serif" edit family += "Times New Roman";
match any family == "sans" edit family += "Arial";
includeif "~/.xftconfig"
match any family == "charter" edit family += "bitstream charter";
match any family == "bitstream charter" edit family =+ "charter";
match any family == "helvetica" edit family += "arial";
match any family == "courier" edit family += "courier new";
match any family == "times" edit family += "times new roman";
match any size < 13 all slant != italic all weight != bold edit antialias = false;
--- End /etc/X11/XftConfig
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