FS#1950 - [/etc/fonts/local.conf]: please enable freetype 'autohinter' by default

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Chris Rainey (marin_linuxer) - Friday, 31 December 2004, 05:06 GMT
Last edited by Judd Vinet (judd) - Sunday, 02 January 2005, 20:32 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To Judd Vinet (judd)
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
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Details

Hi,

I have just installed a clean wombat-rc2 and the first thing I noticed after installing xorg & openbox was the 'fuzzy' appearance of Bitstream Vera fonts. I learned how to enable the freetype 'autohinter' interpreter from the archlinux wiki and --- wow --- what a difference it makes. BTW, I have a dual-head nvidia diaplay with one LCD and one CRT monitors. The 'enabling' of the 'autohinter' makes the display of the Bitstream Vera fonts better on both monitors. As the Bitstream Vera fonts are the 'default' anti-aliased fonts isntalled in most of the 'depends' of various pkgfiles, I think this would be a real value-add for the 'newbie' install of Arch Linux.

the relevent () for the /etc/fonts/local.conf:

<!-- Use the Autohinter -->
<match target="pattern">
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>


As read in the wiki page: http://wiki2.archlinux.org/index.php/XOrg%20Font%20Configuration


Thank You for Arch Linux !!!
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Closed by  Judd Vinet (judd)
Friday, 11 February 2005, 02:36 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented

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