[Bug 1071556] New: Some thin fonts hint very poorly (regression)

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071556

Bug ID: 1071556
           Summary: Some thin fonts hint very poorly (regression)
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 20
         Component: freetype
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
        QA Contact: [e-mail]
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Browsing to many sites is now very painful since the upgrade to Fedora 20. The
new version of freetype hints some fonts used on the web in a very poor manner,
causing important stems to be lost.

Example sites:

http://ostgotatrafiken.se/ - Almost all text on the page except for headings
http://www.sony.se/ - Here and there. Look at the "k":s at the top menu.

I can't say these fonts ever hinted very well, but in Fedora 19 they weren't
this bad. Turning off hinting "fixes" the issue.

(Turning of anti-aliasing also produces very good output, so they might be
designed with that in mind.)

[Bug 1071556] Some thin fonts hint very poorly (regression)

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071556

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[Bug 1071556] Some thin fonts hint very poorly (regression)

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071556

Fedora End Of Life  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |CLOSED
         Resolution|---                         |EOL
        Last Closed|                            |2015-06-29 15:11:40

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