[Bug 654010] Re: Rendering regression in freetype 2.4.2

[Adolfo Jayme Barrientos]

** Changed in: freetype (Ubuntu Maverick)
       Status: Triaged => Won't Fix

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Title:
  Rendering regression in freetype 2.4.2

Status in “freetype” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “freetype” source package in Maverick:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  An improved algorithm for flattening splines (commit
  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=7fb3ef64a24489189113f693696eaf935f500c3f)
  first released in freetype 2.4.0 causes serious rendering issues with
  the 'S' character in a number of fonts, including Helvetica, Calluna
  and Tallys.

  The bug was reported to the freetype-devel mailing list in August and
  fixed in git a few weeks ago, so the fix will be in the next release,
  freetype 2.4.3, which is not yet scheduled. Maverick is the first
  Ubuntu release affected by this bug and should include the fix in its
  freetype 2.4.2 package.

  You can find an example of the problem in the pdf documents attached
  to this email:
  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.fonts.freetype.devel/6809 . I'll
  attach to this bug report a PNG screenshot.

  The fix is in commit
  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=e0a9a93330d3057ddf532205709ba4e1423b2557
  with another type corrected in the following commit
  http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=0e6fc09134c0c39016f681802918b92db2ab2155

  == Regression details ==
  Discovered in version: 2.4.2-2 (10.10)
  Last known good version: 2.3.11-1ubuntu2.4 (10.04)

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