[ft] re: Poor font rendering with or without hinting

[Joel Feiner]

I probably should have added my /etc/fonts/local.conf and ~/.fonts.conf:

/etc/fonts/local.conf:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- /etc/fonts/local.conf file for local customizations -->
<fontconfig>

        <match target="font">
                <edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>grayscale</const></edit>
                <edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
                <edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
                <edit name="hinting" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
                <edit name="hintstyle"
mode="assign"><const>hintnone</const></edit>
        </match>
</fontconfig>

and ~/.fonts.conf:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="hinting" >
   <bool>true</bool>
  </edit>
 </match>
<!-- <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >
   <const>hintnone</const>
  </edit>
 </match> --> <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="autohint" >
   <bool>true</bool>
  </edit>
 </match>
<!-- <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="hinting" >
   <bool>false</bool>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font" >
  <test name="family" qual="any" >
   <string>Tahoma</string>
  </test>
  <edit mode="assign" name="family" >
   <string>Arial</string>
  </edit>
 </match> -->
 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >
   <const>hintnone</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
   <const>grayscale</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
</fontconfig>