https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1965684
--- Comment #4 from Akira TAGOH tagoh@redhat.com --- From FreeType docs: Since 2.10.3 the LCD filtering is enabled with FT_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT. It is no longer necessary to call this function explicitly except to choose a different filter or disable filtering altogether with FT_LCD_FILTER_NONE.
Even if we don't explicitly have 11-lcdfilter-default.conf enabled, FreeType should deal with it properly. if you still really see difference with it, something might be wrong.