Package: libfreetype6 Version: 2.7.1-0 Severity: wishlist
Freetype 2.7 introduces a new v40 truetype interpreter mode, which is not currently enabled. I've been using a custom-built freetype with the v40 interpreter enabled for the past 6 months, and I wouldn't go back. v40 has some differencies, but it really does improve on many corner cases while preserving the original glypth shape much better. When v40 is enabled, the interpreter version can be switched with an environment variable. This is not optimal (fontconfig support would be nice), but it *does* allow for people to revert to the old rendering behavior if needed. Can we enable v40 on unstable or experimental, or is there anything preventing a rendering change? -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (800, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages libfreetype6 depends on: ii libc6 2.24-10 ii libpng16-16 1.6.28-1 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-5 libfreetype6 recommends no packages. libfreetype6 suggests no packages.
