Namely, acroread which uses gtk and googleearth (even with shared qt'-qt-bundled', which comes from emul-linux under amd64) don't do font hinting while every other application uses hinting as specified in my /etc/fonts/local.conf . I have read most of the guides about customizing font rendering and haven't found any clues on this specific problem. The same applications hint fonts just fine under debian squeeze 32bit wih exactly the same config settings. Unfortunately I do not have access to gentoo-x86 box to check there as well atm. So I believe the problem concernes emul-linux libraries. Reproducible: Always <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <!-- /etc/fonts/local.conf file to configure system font access --> <fontconfig> <!-- Ugly fonts --> <selectfont> <rejectfont> <glob>/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/*</glob> <glob>/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/*</glob> <glob>/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/*</glob> <glob>/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript/*</glob> <glob>/usr/share/fonts/TTF/*</glob> <glob>/usr/share/fonts/Type1/*</glob> <glob>/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/*</glob> <glob>/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/*</glob> <glob>/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/*</glob> </rejectfont> </selectfont> <alias> <family>sans-serif</family> <prefer><family>Verdana</family></prefer> <accept><family>Arial</family></accept> <default><family>sans-serif</family></default> </alias> <alias> <family>serif</family> <prefer><family>Georgia</family></prefer> <default><family>serif</family></default> </alias> <alias> <family>monospace</family> <prefer><family>Courier New</family></prefer> <default><family>monospace</family></default> </alias> <!-- Antialiasing --> <match target="font"> <test qual="any" name="size" compare="more"> <int>14</int> </test> <edit name="antialias" mode="assign_replace"><bool>true</bool></edit> </match> <match target="font"> <test qual="any" name="size" compare="less_eq"> <int>14</int> </test> <test qual="any" name="weight" compare="less_eq"> <const>regular</const> </test> <test qual="any" name="family" compare="not_eq"> <string>Comic Sans MS</string> </test> <test qual="any" name="family" compare="not_eq"> <string>Impact</string> </test> <edit name="antialias" mode="assign_replace"><bool>false</bool></edit> </match> <match target="font"> <test name="pixelsize" compare="less" qual="any"> <double>14</double> </test> <test qual="any" name="weight" compare="less_eq"> <const>regular</const> </test> <edit mode="assign" name="antialias"> <bool>false</bool> </edit> </match> <match target="font"> <test qual="any" name="pixelsize" compare="less_eq"> <int>14</int> </test> <edit name="antialias" mode="assign_replace"><bool>false</bool></edit> </match> <!-- Hinting --> <match target="font"> <edit name="autohint" mode="assign_replace"><bool>false</bool></edit> <edit name="hinting" mode="assign_replace"><bool>true</bool></edit> </match> <match target="font"> <edit name="dpi" mode="assign_replace"><double>96</double></edit> </match> </fontconfig>
I think it's because the libraries in the emul packages have to be built with USE=bindist which disables nice features in freetype.
(In reply to comment #1) > I think it's because the libraries in the emul packages have to be built with > USE=bindist which disables nice features in freetype. > That seems to be it. Is it technically possible to make source emul-linux packages? Devs do compile them somehow.
(In reply to comment #2) > (In reply to comment #1) > > I think it's because the libraries in the emul packages have to be built with > > USE=bindist which disables nice features in freetype. > > > > That seems to be it. Is it technically possible to make source emul-linux > packages? Devs do compile them somehow. > Sadly not just now, this depends on bug 145737 Until then, some nice work is taking place in multilib overlay, but I don't know about its current status. I would suggest you to ask in #gentoo-multilib-overlay channel at irc.freenode.org Good luck!
