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[Piernik <200707@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

(In reply to comment #14)
> Fontconfig doesn't know whether the text is being rendered to an LCD screen or
> a printer, so fontconfig needs to be told subpixel order and whether hinting is
> appropriate.

I admit I don't know how printing specific rendering is being done. Is
it that antialiasing and hinting are turned off because printer
resolution is much higher than screen and it wouldn't make sense to
leave them on? (no visible effect?)

> Problems happen when fontconfig rules blindly override such information (bug
> 17722

Sorry for discussing bug 17722 here, but how come that rules in 10-sub-
pixel-*.conf can override anything? Isn't it how defaults supposed to be
set, giving that "50-user.conf" can override it later and any "low-
level" fontconfig user can do the same if needed? (and virtually all
Xft.rgba touching stuff does it anyway? Or doesn't? Or is xrm/fc
priority issue? See? This should be nuked.)

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fontconfig does not honor hintslight, hintmedium, hintfull
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