It turned out that not only Hintstyle was ignored, but also switching between Subpixel and grayscale AA wasn't supported. Defining LCDFitler wasn't working as well.
I have created a patch comprehensively addressing this issues: http://weirdfellow.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/patching-cairo. Finally I have fonts I want! -- different hintstyle issue https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209256 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs