On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 01:05:32PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 08:42:21PM +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, den 07.10.2015, 11:11 -0700 schrieb Josh Triplett: > > > Sure. If you can supply a package with that change, I'll give it a > > > try and supply screenshots. > > > > Sigh, the freetype source package is driving me crazy. > > > > Well, whatever, here you go: > > > > https://people.debian.org/~fabian/unstable/freetype_2.6-2.1.dsc > > > > Library package: > > > > https://people.debian.org/~fabian/unstable/libfreetype6_2.6-2.1_amd64.deb > > > > Thanks for trying! > > I've attached six screenshots. The "nostemdarken" screenshots use that > package; the "stemdarken" screenshots use 2.6-2. For each, I've > provided screenshots with hintfull, hintslight, and the autohinter. > > I also checked gnome-terminal with DejaVu Sans, and I don't see any > rendering issues with the new package. > > While I'd still love to see crisper rendering (and I'll likely continue > enabling autohint for Cantarell), these packages do provide a noticeable > improvement to rendering quality, and reduce the amount of smear on > stems.
So, I think two separate Debian bugs remain here. First, for libfreetype6, I'd suggest disabling stem darkening as in the 2.6-2.1 packages above. Second, for fonts-cantarell, I would still suggest shipping the fontconfig configuration that enables autohinting, to improve the default/systemwide rendering; however, for that one, I would understand if you didn't want to do so, and I can always enable that via my own fontconfig. Thanks, Josh Triplett
