On Sun, 02 Jul 2017 19:30:25 -0500 Terry Watt <bugrepor...@bchemnet.com> wrote:
Package: fontconfig-config
Version: 2.12.3-0.1
Followup-For: Bug #866950
...
After two frustrating days, I found the cause. It is the inclusion of the
following new files in fontconfig-config:
10-autohint.conf
10-hinting-slight.conf
(symlinks in /etc/fonts/conf.d to /usr/share/....)
These files do not exist in 2.11.
From reading the files, I believe they were intended to provide fallbacks.
However, they appear to function by overriding system behavior.
I use full hinting and no autohinter, so many (not all) of my fonts were
dramatically changed by the forced activation of autohinting and slight hinting.
...
-- debconf information:
* fontconfig/hinting_type: Autohinter
* fontconfig/subpixel_rendering: Automatic
* fontconfig/enable_bitmaps: false
I've not changed my system-wide hinting settings after upgrade to 2.12.3-0.1, and strangely enough,
it uses "native" hinting mode (no autohinting and no
"/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-autohint.conf" symlink);
here's my "fontconfig-config" debconf information:
* fontconfig/subpixel_rendering: Automatic
* fontconfig/enable_bitmaps: false
* fontconfig/hinting_type: Native
Anyway, it doesn't matter much, because those settings can easily be changed
via:
# dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config
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Best wishes,
Bob
