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Date:      Sat, 27 Aug 2016 09:15:11 -0700
From:      "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@pinyon.org>
To:        Raphael Kubo da Costa <rakuco@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fontconfig update uglifies fonts
Message-ID:  <b95c93e8-e71b-4c7a-41c5-fe54947c6cc0@pinyon.org>
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On 08/27/16 04:01, Raphael Kubo da Costa wrote:
> Raphael Kubo da Costa <rakuco@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>> You can either change the HINTING option when building the port or
>> create a ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf with something like this:
>>
>> <?xml version='1.0'?>
>> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
>> <fontconfig>
>>  <match target="font">
>>   <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
>>    <const>hintnone</const>
>>   </edit>
>>  </match>
>> </fontconfig>
>
> "hintnone" was just an example and is likely the opposite of what you
> want. In your specific case you probably need "hintmedium" or
> "hintfull".
>

Ah, that's a lot quicker technique than changing the fontconfig option
and then rebuilding all the dependent ports.

Thanks,
Russell



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