Bitstream Vera Sans unhinted?

skoal dlist at ubuntuforums.org
Sun Sep 11 14:09:41 CDT 2005


> I think the first poster complaints about autohinter is disabled by

> default. Isn't it?



>> Yes, sir. I dunno. Why post the default config and ask if it should


>> be the default? It was confusing to me as well. In general, I think

>> devs would be opening up a can of worms by turning on font 

>> backends (by default) which are known to cause problems for 

>> many people, so that's why (by default) the autohinter is off. 

>> And, I think that's prudent...



Ooops. Don't I look the dummy.  I just went back and checked his
config.  He's talking about just "hinting", not the "autohinter". 
Please ignore my stupidity.  My apologies Evandro...



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