Re: freetype module sometimes gets font height (descent?)

> I cannot reprodeuce them using xedit... Why?   How is your 
> "resolution" of xdpyinfo.  100x100 dots per inch?

Manually set to 75 dpi, real value is almost exactly 96 dpi. But this is
not the problem. If I replace '...-100-100-...' in the LFD with
'...-75-75-...' or enforce any other dpi value on the X server or let it 
choose its own, it's exactly the same.

fontpropdump with freetype:

PIXEL_SIZE : 12
POINT_SIZE : 87
RESOLUTION_X : 100
RESOLUTION_Y : 100
AVERAGE_WIDTH : 70
RAW_AVERAGE_WIDTH : 6001
FONT_ASCENT : 12              <<====
RAW_ASCENT : (none)
FONT_DESCENT : 8              <<====
RAW_DESCENT : (none)
SUBSCRIPT_SIZE : 8
SUBSCRIPT_X : 0
SUBSCRIPT_Y : 2
SUPERSCRIPT_SIZE : 8
SUPERSCRIPT_X : 0
SUPERSCRIPT_Y : 5
UNDERLINE_THICKNESS : 1
UNDERLINE_POSITION : 3
RAW_PIXEL_SIZE : (none)
RAW_POINT_SIZE : (none)

fontpropdump with xtt:

PIXEL_SIZE : 12
POINT_SIZE : 87
RESOLUTION_X : 100
RESOLUTION_Y : 100
AVERAGE_WIDTH : 70
RAW_AVERAGE_WIDTH : 600
FONT_ASCENT : (none)
RAW_ASCENT : 832
FONT_DESCENT : (none)
RAW_DESCENT : 300
SUBSCRIPT_SIZE : (none)
SUBSCRIPT_X : (none)
SUBSCRIPT_Y : (none)
SUPERSCRIPT_SIZE : (none)
SUPERSCRIPT_X : (none)
SUPERSCRIPT_Y : (none)
UNDERLINE_THICKNESS : (none)
UNDERLINE_POSITION : (none)
RAW_PIXEL_SIZE : 1000
RAW_POINT_SIZE : 723

Additionally, the fonts I'm using are e.g. available at 
http://openwebmail.360open.com/download/redhat/archive/webfonts/fonts/

-Michael