[Bug 217729] [NEW] qt4 apps don't support subpixel rendering

[Bruno Henriques]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: libqt4-core

Hi,

I'm using the Candara font from Vista as my main font in KDE3 and GTK2
apps and want to use it also in QT4 apps. I use medium hinting for KDE3
apps (slight is too blurry) and slight hinting for GTK2 apps (medium =
full hinting on GTK2 apps, crappy on a lot of fonts), it's doable
because GTK2 looks at local ~/.fonts.conf, while KDE3 and QT4 looks at
global font configuration /etc/fonts/local.conf .

Problem with QT4 apps (KDE4 or not, the Last.FM client, Musicbrainz
Picard, and qt4config have the same problem) occurs when using subpixel
rendering. If deactivated, it seems to respect your hinting  settings,
if activated, it defaults to "pitbull" full hinting (I call it "pitbull"
because it chews on fonts way too much :P ).

To recreate the bug set medium or slight hinting at
/etc/fonts/local.conf with any form of subpixel rendering.

** Affects: qt4-x11 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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qt4 apps don't support subpixel rendering
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