[Fontconfig-bugs] [Bug 90330] Preserve binding when preparing patterns

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90330

--- Comment #7 from Behdad Esfahbod <freedesktop at behdad.org> ---
(In reply to Karl Tomlinson from comment #6)
> (In reply to Behdad Esfahbod from comment #4)
> > Since bindings are not public API right now, we might as well add a new
> > value, so we'd have:
> > 
> >   binding=strong -> match
> >   binding=weak   -> approximate
> >   binding=??     -> fallback
> > 
> > or maybe use weak for fallback and add a semi-strong for approximates.  That
> > might reduce the number of configurations we would need to adjust.
> 
> The current behavior of families with weak bindings being considered only
> after families with strong bindings may be worth remembering here.

Right... I'm really hesitant to touch the matcher, but want to address the
bigger question of the match-quality this time.

Lets hear from Akira as well.  If he doesn't have time to work on it, I might
give it a try myself.

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