Control: tags -1 + confirmed d-i
On 2019-07-24 10:45, Hugh McMaster wrote:
Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Please either set the metadata appropriately here to indicate a stable
update, or use reportbug which will do it for you. (In this case,
someone already corrected it.)
FreeType versions 2.9 to 2.10.1 have rendering problems with variable
hinted
fonts. In specific cases, such as with the Oswald typeface, glyphs do
not scale
correctly and end up appearing on top of each other.
This bug affects Chromium 76 and later versions, as that browser uses
FreeType
for variable hinted fonts. Firefox is also affected.
Google Fonts states that Oswald is used on 8.3M websites.
Given that Chromium and Firefox are affected, and the significant
presence of
variable hinted fonts in use on the internet and elsewhere, I am
requesting
freetype 2.9.1-4 be considered for the next point release of Buster.
-4 has already been uploaded to unstable, so this would need to be
2.9.1-3+deb10u1. The changelog distribution is also preferred as
"buster", rather than "stable".
As freetype produces a udeb, this will need an ack from the d-i release
manager, so CCing and tagging appropriately.
Regards,
Adam
