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| From | Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: ugly fonts in thunderbird after sid upgrade |
| Date | 2017-10-17 23:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <uBHhD-85V-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <uBkEq-wu-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <uBEWt-69o-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 18/10/17 07:38, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 16.10.2017 um 22:50 schrieb Pétur Viljamson: >> I have ugly fonts in thunderbird after updating my Debian sid today. > It's the latest freetype upgrade causing this for users which use > subpixel antialiasing. Thunderbird needs to be updated to cope with the > changes in freetype 2.8.1 > see https://bugs.debian.org/878870 Aha! So the reason I do not see this defect is my use of the old engine (the one that supports hinting) through a FREETYPE_PROPERTIES setting. Pétur, please try starting thunderbird with: FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=truetype:interpreter-version=35 thunderbird Kind regards, -- Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> Director Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> New Zealand
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ugly fonts in thunderbird after sid upgrade Pétur Viljamson <peturvilj@gmail.com> - 2017-10-16 23:00 +0200
Re: ugly fonts in thunderbird after sid upgrade Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-10-17 05:10 +0200
Re: ugly fonts in thunderbird after sid upgrade Pétùr <peturvilj@gmail.com> - 2017-10-17 17:30 +0200
Re: ugly fonts in thunderbird after sid upgrade The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-10-17 17:50 +0200
Re: ugly fonts in thunderbird after sid upgrade Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-10-17 17:50 +0200
Re: ugly fonts in thunderbird after sid upgrade The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-10-17 18:10 +0200
Re: ugly fonts in thunderbird after sid upgrade Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-10-17 18:30 +0200
Re: ugly fonts in thunderbird after sid upgrade Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> - 2017-10-17 20:40 +0200
Re: ugly fonts in thunderbird after sid upgrade Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-10-17 23:10 +0200
Re: ugly fonts in thunderbird after sid upgrade Pétùr <peturvilj@gmail.com> - 2017-10-18 00:10 +0200
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