Will Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday 17 October 2005 12:28, Christophe Rhodes wrote: >> Hi, >> >> As far as I can tell, the problem regarding the width of the m >> character is still present in freetype 2.1.10, though I should >> disclaim that slightly because I am testing a rebuilt version of the >> package on my Ubuntu workstation, so it's possible that there's a >> lurking incompatibility, or else I haven't flushed some cache >> somewhere. In any case, for me, under all variants of the fontconfig >> options, Will's test with font-size 12 gets me the wrong size 'm': >> >> ftstring -m mmmmoooo 12 \ >> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraMono.ttf > > Works for me with Debian unstable. I don't have any Ubuntu boxes.
It's definitely broken here, where "here" is now a Debian unstable x86 box at home (as opposed to a Ubuntu amd64 box at work). I've put a screenshot up at <http://www-jcsu.jesus.cam.ac.uk/~csr21/mmmmoooo.png>. In that screenshot, you can see that the 'm's have an advance width of six pixels, and the 'o's an advance width of seven pixels. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ COLUMNS=80 dpkg --list | grep '\(.*freetype.*\|ttf-bitstre\)' | grep ii ii freetype2-demo 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 demonstration programs ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files ii libfreetype6-d 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, development files ii ttf-bitstream- 1.10-3 The Bitstream Vera family of free TrueType f Let me know if there's anything you want me to try... Cheers, Christophe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
