Package: libxft2 Version: 2.1.7-1 Severity: normal
The problem with libXft-2.1.5 described at http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/xlibs/2004-March/000263.html appears to be still present in this version. In particular, when I do: fc-list : file | grep dpi (looking to see if it found any of the 100dpi or 75dpi directories, which it certainly should have done because /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts is listed in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf which I have not changed), there is no output. I really want it to be able to load the bitmap fonts because they render much better than the scalable ones (as long as you get the applications to ask for exactly the right size, which you can do by messing around with Xft.dpi in .Xresources if all else fails). The best configuration I can find for scaled fonts is Xft.hinting: true Xft.hintstyle: hintfull Xft.antialias: 0 but it's still not very good (probably due to the fact that it can't use the patented algorithms) so I want to stick to the bitmap fonts. Is there any way of getting an improved version of libxft2 on sarge without having to upgrade the whole distribution or break all the dependencies? -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.23 Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB) Versions of packages libxft2 depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfontconfig1 2.3.1-2 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System protocol client li ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
