Re: [ft] Regression in font clarity with Adobe engine

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Fedora has shipped the 2.5 series of freetype in Fedora 20. Once I
> upgraded my machines I immediately noticed poor font rendering on
> them.
>
> freetype 2.4.11 (F19): http://i.imgur.com/TiAaFzX.png
> freetype 2.5.0  (F20): http://i.imgur.com/vyCUUUX.png

I wouldn't call this poor...

> The default font in Fedora is Cantarell so all application headers,
> menus, and labels are blurry.

The font is simply fatter.  What you see is the new CFF engine
contributed by Adobe, far superior to the old one from FreeType.  As
done in e.g. Acrobat too, the font gets blackened at smaller sizes.
To make this work well, you have to adjust the gamma value of your
screen to its optimal value.

  http://freetype.org/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2-cff_driver.html


    Werner