Public bug reported: With release 2.5 there are much improvements. for the normal user (eyes) we get a MUCH better font renderin with almost all fonts and application. I think thats because of the new Adobe's CFF module.
so please upgrade to the Version 2.5.x with enabled and active Adobe's CFF. You can test it with ppa: https://launchpad.net/~teppic74/+archive/freetype-latest (dont forget to clear your cache) http://www.freetype.org/ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: libfreetype6 2.4.12-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-3.12-generic 3.10.1 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-3-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.11-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jul 19 12:49:27 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-06 (42 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: freetype UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-17 (31 days ago) ** Affects: freetype (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1203012 Title: upgrade to FreeType 2.5 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1203012/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs