Yes, you are right. It was more related to this one, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo/+bug/264234 which claims that cairo broke this.
Although reverting to suggested libcairo version (1.6.4) worked for a while. But off lately, the newer version has become dependency of so many other packages that its hard to lock libcairo old version. I am surprised that not many ppl are noticing that font quality has deteriorated in latest intrepid alphas. ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 264254 subpixel rendering in intrepid -- Intrepid, Hinting/Aliasing seems to broken for all fonts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/262028 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs