FS#14566 - freetype2-2.3.9-2 leads to errors in font rendering

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by mutlu inek (mutlu_inek) - Sunday, 03 May 2009, 21:29 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Tuesday, 05 May 2009, 16:56 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture i686
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I experienced few font glitches with the newly patches freetype2 (2.3.9-2). Single font characters seemed to show wrong glyphs, none of them from the usual ASCII range. E.g. "v" was substituted by a character somewhat resembling "œ".

The problem existed in both Qt and Gtk applications, even though the problems seemed to differ from app to app (different characters were bogus).

I solved the problem by downgrading to the old freetype2:
[2009-05-03 15:04] upgraded freetype2 (2.3.9-2 -> 2.3.9-1)
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Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Tuesday, 05 May 2009, 16:56 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Sunday, 03 May 2009, 22:37 GMT
I can't reproduce this problem, what fonts do they appear with?

Note that -2 is a security update that shouldn't affect font rendering.
Comment by mutlu inek (mutlu_inek) - Tuesday, 05 May 2009, 16:24 GMT
Sorry for the delay, I was away for a few days. You were right about this patch not being the reason. The corruptions seem to creep in over time and it was not downgrading freetype2, but restarting X which 'fixed' the issue temporarily. I will investigate further, but this bug is certainly invalid.

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