** Description changed: I can't enable full hinting on fresh Kubuntu 24.04.1 install. Previously I removed symlink 10-hinting-slight.conf in /etc/fonts/conf.d and placed 10-hinting-full.conf symlink there and that was sufficient. - Now this action doesn't produce any result - font hinting remains slight. When I open Font applet in KDE System Settings, the previews of Slight, Medium and Full Hinting look absolutely the same. + Now this action leads to very subtle result - letters are rendered with blurry fringes, as with slight hinting enabled. When I open Font applet in KDE System Settings, the previews of Slight, Medium and Full Hinting look absolutely the same. What other things I tried: - Compiling older versions of libfreetype from 20.04 and 22.04 - former doesn't work at all in 24.04, the latter shows no difference with the one shipped with 24.04. - Adding environment variable FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=35" - I noticed only slight differences in diacritics, hinting remained the same. - Changing lcdfilter doesn't produce any result. - Changing mode="append" to more strict mode="assign" in hintstyle rule - no result. + * Compiling older versions of libfreetype from 20.04 and 22.04 - former doesn't work at all in 24.04, the latter shows no difference with the one shipped with 24.04. + * Adding environment variable FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=35" - I noticed only slight differences, mostly in diacritics, hinting remained the same. + * Changing lcdfilter doesn't produce any result. + * Changing mode="append" to more strict mode="assign" in hintstyle rule of fontconfig - no result. In the same time if I run 'xrdb -q', I see the next output: Xft.antialias: 1 Xft.hinting: 1 Xft.hintstyle: hintfull Xft.rgba: rgb + Output of 'fc-match -v | grep hint': + hintstyle: 3(i)(w) + hinting: True(w) So it seems that hinting style is set properly after all, but it doesn't work as intended. - The sole way I managed to activate it is to add 10-autohint.conf symlink, which enables auto-hinter. But it isn't the desired result, as auto-hinter works appropriately with very few fonts, the rest are rendered subpar when full hinting is activated. + The only way I managed to activate the hinting style which resembles full hinting is to add 10-autohint.conf symlink, which enables auto-hinter. But it isn't the desired result, as auto-hinter works appropriately with very few fonts, the rest are rendered subpar when full hinting is activated. How can I enable full hinting with the native hinter, avoiding auto-hinter usage? Freetype library is provided by libfreetype6 (2.13.2+dfsg-1build3) package.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to freetype in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2095039 Title: Can't get full hinting working Status in freetype package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I can't enable full hinting on fresh Kubuntu 24.04.1 install. Previously I removed symlink 10-hinting-slight.conf in /etc/fonts/conf.d and placed 10-hinting-full.conf symlink there and that was sufficient. Now this action leads to very subtle result - letters are rendered with blurry fringes, as with slight hinting enabled. When I open Font applet in KDE System Settings, the previews of Slight, Medium and Full Hinting look absolutely the same. What other things I tried: * Compiling older versions of libfreetype from 20.04 and 22.04 - former doesn't work at all in 24.04, the latter shows no difference with the one shipped with 24.04. * Adding environment variable FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=35" - I noticed only slight differences, mostly in diacritics, hinting remained the same. * Changing lcdfilter doesn't produce any result. * Changing mode="append" to more strict mode="assign" in hintstyle rule of fontconfig - no result. In the same time if I run 'xrdb -q', I see the next output: Xft.antialias: 1 Xft.hinting: 1 Xft.hintstyle: hintfull Xft.rgba: rgb Output of 'fc-match -v | grep hint': hintstyle: 3(i)(w) hinting: True(w) So it seems that hinting style is set properly after all, but it doesn't work as intended. The only way I managed to activate the hinting style which resembles full hinting is to add 10-autohint.conf symlink, which enables auto-hinter. But it isn't the desired result, as auto-hinter works appropriately with very few fonts, the rest are rendered subpar when full hinting is activated. How can I enable full hinting with the native hinter, avoiding auto-hinter usage? Freetype library is provided by libfreetype6 (2.13.2+dfsg-1build3) package. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/2095039/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
