[cairo-bugs] [Bug 34886] New: Fonts in GTK apps look ugly with LCD patch (from bug 10301)

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34886

           Summary: Fonts in GTK apps look ugly with LCD patch (from bug
                    10301)
           Product: cairo
           Version: 1.10.2
          Platform: x86-64 (AMD64)
        OS/Version: Linux (All)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: cworth at cworth.org
        ReportedBy: ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com
         QAContact: cairo-bugs at cairographics.org


Created an attachment (id=43988)
 --> (https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=43988)
~/.fonts.conf

I've been experiencing some jagged-looking fonts in GTK apps with Cairo >
1.8.8; I've narrowed it down to changes between 1.9.8 and 1.9.10. Reverting
this commit:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/cairo/commit/?id=7a023a62f7517ad0d54f4d59c99909fadcc05e82

made fonts looks better. See the attached screenshots.

I am using cairo-1.10.2, freetype2-2.4.4 (default upstream, i.e. the bytecode
interpreter is enabled, but sub-pixel rendering is disabled (due to patents)).

$ xrdb -q
Xcursor.theme:  Oxygen_Black
Xft.antialias:  1
Xft.autohint:   0
Xft.dpi:        101
Xft.hinting:    1
Xft.hintstyle:  hintfull
Xft.rgba:       rgb

Attached is ~/.fonts.conf, and screen shots comparing official 1.10.2 tarball;
and 1.10.2 patched to revert the afro-mentioned commit.

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