http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21197
--- Comment #2 from whyoh cje@btinternet.com 2009-04-15 09:20:40 PST --- thanks for the quick response.
hmm. can't the library tell that the numerals are all the same width in the unhinted font?
if so then might there be an option or rule to tell the autohinter: "numerals are special - don't hint them (much) if they're all the same width in this font"?
i think that would be enough for me. but i'm a little hesitant about where (if at all) it's appropriate to assert the "specialness" of numerals vs hinting.
and what should we say when everyone starts raising "my numerals are fuzzy!!" bugs? ;-)