Public bug reported:
Gutsy’s xft introduced the FreeType LCD filtering patch to Xft. This
patch was just dropped with the sync of xft 2.1.13-2 into Jaunty from
Debian experimental. I hope that this patch’s removal is temporary; but
if not, consider this my request to reconsider.
To explain my use case for this patch, the ad-hoc interpixel LCD filter
that is used by the unpatched Xft causes severe color fringing when used
with Slight hinting (to my eye, accurate color is more important than
high contrast, especially on a high resolution display…but I digress).
Therefore, I immediately noticed when the patch disappeared. With the
patch, the LCD filter is settable via fontconfig and X resources, so
that font rendering can be adjusted to display characteristics and
personal preferences.
** Affects: xft (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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xft 2.1.13-2 sync dropped libXft-2.1.10-lcd-filter-3.patch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305399
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