[DejaVu-bugs] [Bug 7531] New: Is it right that ExtraLight should be so thin that it's unusable?

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           Summary: Is it right that ExtraLight should be so thin that it's
                    unusable?
           Product: DejaVu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Experimental fonts
        AssignedTo: dejavu-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net


* From: Cam <camilo mesias co uk>
    * To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases <fedora-test-list
redhat com>
    * Subject: Re: DejaVu fonts for Fedora Core 6 feedback call
    * Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:16:38 +0100

Michal, list,


    OTOH it seems that DejaVu shows up by default in an ExtraLight
    weight.  If this is indeed the case then on many displays Book
    seems to be better.

Is it right that ExtraLight should be so thin that it's unusable?


I have seen it as unusably thin on a machine (upgraded from FC5 to FC6t1 using
yum). It is a bit of an unusual setup so I haven't reported a bug so far. I
manually installed DejaVu for FC5, then removed it and reinstalled after
upgrading to FC6. I have set the DPI to 108, which is less than the actual DPI
(140 ish), and not the default of 96. I tried out DejaVu and some characters
seem to render badly - the 'c' is larger than other lowercase characters, and
upper case characters with curves 'O' and 'D' can render with the parts of the
curve faded to nothing.

I plan to do a clean install of FC6t2 but in the meantime if there's anything I
should do to test / debug and give feedback, let me know. Some guidance on the
DPI setting would be useful.          
     
     
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