[Bug 1658358] Re: Monospace 10 (DejaVuSansMono) in freetype >= 2.6 has invalid size

[Adolfo Jayme]

** Changed in: freetype (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Opinion

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Title:
  Monospace 10 (DejaVuSansMono) in freetype >= 2.6 has invalid size

Status in freetype package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  In freetype 2.6 from ubuntu 16.10 missed patch
  "revert_scalable_fonts_metric.patch"

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/freetype/+bug/972223
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=636776

  This produces font size bug:
  "p" in "Monospace 10" has height 10px - too small
  "p" in "Monospace 11" has height 12px - too big

  Expected:
  "p" in "Monospace 10" has height 11px - normal
  "p" in "Monospace 11" has height 12px - normal

  See screenshot:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1658358/+attachment/4807239/+files/freetype_fix.png

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