Re: cairo now default?

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:33:58 +0000, Colin Baxter <address@hidden> said:

    Colin> I can turn off hinting with
    Colin> <match target="font">
    Colin>  <edit name="hinting" mode="assign">
    Colin>   <bool>false</bool>
    Colin>  </edit>
    Colin>  <edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
    Colin>   <bool>false</bool>
    Colin>  </edit>
    Colin>  <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
    Colin>   <const>hintnone</const>
    Colin>  </edit>
    Colin> </match>

    Colin> in my ~/.fonts.conf. Thanks to
    Colin> 
https://www.kilobitspersecond.com/2009/04/17/ubuntu-font-hinting-you-a-cautionary-tale/.

Based on <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/issues/23>, it
appears that Cairo has issues with respecting fontconfig hintstyle
settings. Iʼm glad you found a combination that works.

Robert