Re: SuSE 9.3 - APT update - problems with fonts antialiasing

Mike FABIAN wrote:
> AV <[email protected]> :
> 
>> I know that this list is not for such questions. But excuse me, cant
>> find list that could help me.
>> I think problem is with freetype2 package. After this package has been
>> updated I have antialiasing problem. When I downgrade to previous
>> freetype2 version problems still stay with small fonts. Or could it be
>> some other problems?
>> Maybe someone has correct freetype2 package?
> 
>>From where did you get the freetype2 and fontconfig packages?

APT upgrade

Apt list file

#
# Repository created by: aptate (version 0.69.2)
# At: Tue Apr 26 06:09:56 MEST 2005
# More info about aptate at: http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net
#
rpm      ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt SuSE/9.3-i386 packman
packman-i686 rpmkeys base update kde x-ati mozilla samba3 suser-rbos
suser-jengelh suser-oc2pus suser-guru suser-gbv usr-local-bin
suser-scorot suser-jogley suse-people suse-projects security
# rpm-src  ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt SuSE/9.3-i386 packman
packman-i686 rpmkeys base update-drpm update-prpm update kde x-ati
mozilla samba3 suser-rbos suser-jengelh suser-oc2pus suser-guru
suser-gbv usr-local-bin suser-scorot suser-jogley kernel-of-the-day
suse-people suse-projects security-prpm security

> Which versions?

Now I have

freetype2-2.1.10-2.1

fontconfig-2.3.2.20050721-1.1

> And what are the last changelog entries?
> 
> Please check the changelogs with
> 
>     rpm -q --changelog freetype2

* Tr Lie 20 2005 - [email protected]

- Bugzilla #97202: apply workaround to avoid crashing the Xserver.
  I need to disable FT_OPTIMIZE_MEMORY again to apply that
  workaround.

* An Lie 19 2005 - [email protected]

- enable FT_OPTIMIZE_MEMORY.
- enable the byte code interpreter again.

* An Lie 12 2005 - [email protected]

- update to 2.1.10.
  + fixes serious bug introduced in 2.1.8 which caused many
  distortions for TrueType fonts
  + amount of heap memory used is drastically reduced
  For more details see /usr/share/doc/packages/freetype2/CHANGES.
- disable freetype-autohint-cjkfonts.patch for the moment, the
  auto-hinter has been replaced with a new module called the
  'auto-fitter' which is "prepared better to support non-latin1
  scripts in next releases". Currently the rendering quality of
  CJK fonts seems to have suffered though compared to 2.1.9
  with the freetype-autohint-cjkfonts.patch.


>     rpm -q --changelog fontconfig

* Pn Lie 22 2005 - [email protected]

- Bugzilla #64424: "Bytecodeinterpreter in freetype2 - wieso
  ausgeschaltet?"
  The byte code interpreter is enabled now at build time in our
  freetype2 package. Setup the defaults in /etc/fonts to use
  black and white rendering (antialias=false) and the byte code
  interpreter (autohint=false) for a few fonts which are known to
  have high quality byte code instructions. Set antialias=true
  and autohint=true as the default for all other fonts.

* Kt Lie 21 2005 - [email protected]

- update to 2.3.2.20050721.
- Bugzilla #52167: "fc-list reports inconsistent spacing values
  for some fonts": add a patch to improve the detection of
  monospaced fonts: ignore glyphs with advance=0 when detecting
  monospaced fonts and add a special exception for "Luxi Mono"
  and "Nimbus Mono L".

* Tr Lie 20 2005 - [email protected]

- Bugzilla #94110: add more directories to the default font path.

* An Lie 12 2005 - [email protected]

- update to 2.3.2.20050712
  + remove ka.orth.patch, now included.

* Tr Bir 29 2005 - [email protected]

- Added expat to fontconfig-devel to make the .la checker easier.

* Pn Geg 20 2005 - [email protected]

- Fix ka.orth (Georgian), it apparently requires too many
  characters which are not really used for Georgian.
- Add BPG fonts (for Georgian) to the preference lists.

* Kt Kov 17 2005 - [email protected]

- add Sazanami and IPA fonts to suse-generic-names.conf.

* Pn Kov 11 2005 - [email protected]

- Bugzilla #66498 again: the last change wasn't a good idea after
  all. The design of the embedded bitmaps is quite bad in some
  sizes, especially the Japanese katakana look extremely ugly.
  Therefore it is better not to use the embedded bitmaps during
  the installation. I added a special /etc/fonts/local.conf.instsys
  file which should be copied to /etc/fonts/local.conf only for
  the installation and which is not used in the installed system.

* Kt Kov 03 2005 - [email protected]

- Bugzilla #66498: use embedded bitmaps for Korean and Japanese
  as well, not only for Chinese as before to get readable Japanese
  and Chinese during the installation. The Latin fonts we currently
  use during the installation are smaller as before. With the
  Gnu Unifont currently used for CJK, this leads to clipping
  problems because this bitmap font cannot scale to a smaller size.
  When using TrueType fonts like FZSongTi for CJK, the clipping
  problems disappear because the font can scale down. But in such
  a tiny size, Japanese or Chinese is almost unreadable with
  Anti-Aliasing. It's better readable with the embedded bitmaps.

* Pr Vas 21 2005 - [email protected]

- re-enable bitmap fonts.

* Pn Vas 18 2005 - [email protected]

- update to 2.2.99.20050218.

* An Vas 01 2005 - [email protected]

- package now adds -fno-strict-aliasing by itself.
- added sentinel valist markup for 2 functions.

* Kt Sau 13 2005 - [email protected]

- add entries for preferred fonts for Farsi (Persian):
  Terafik -> sans-serif, monospaced, Nazil -> serif.




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