retitle 233948 xserver-xfree86: [freetype] underlining doesn't work with TrueType fonts tag 233948 + upstream patch thanks On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 10:15:51PM +0000, Sean Neakums wrote: > Package: xserver-xfree86 > Version: 4.3.0-2 > > This problem appears to be the same as reported here: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports-bugs/2003-July/009690.html > > >Description: > XFree86 4.3.0 failed to render underline text if the text rendered > using True Type font (freetype/xtt backend). > >How-To-Repeat: > Open mozilla / firebird , set the font to any ttf, surf > anywhere. Notice that the links dont have underline, although > we explicitly set 'Underline links' in mozilla/firebird > preferences. > > I made the change recommended in the report above to Debian's 4.3.0, > built it, copied the freetype module over the installed 4.3.0-2's > copy, and it fixes the problem. (This is not as good a test as it > could be, I know. The build failed later on for reasons I have yet to > determine, so I wasn't able to install a full X with this change > present throughout.) Thanks for pointing this out. -- G. Branden Robinson | People with power understand Debian GNU/Linux | exactly one thing: violence. branden@debian.org | -- Noam Chomsky http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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