my dpi is 96, after upgrade to media-libs/freetype-2.4.6, 8px mono fonts look like larger and too ugly ( DejaVu Sans Mono, droid sans mono and other mono fonts ), and larger space of letter. downgrade to media-libs/freetype-2.4.5 or media-libs/freetype-2.4.4 can fix it. It is a bug? Reproducible: Always
Probably due to: CHANGES BETWEEN 2.4.5 and 2.4.6 I. IMPORTANT BUG FIXES - For TrueType based fonts, the ascender and descender values were incorrect sometimes (off by a pixel if the ppem value was not a multiple of 5). Depending on the use you might now experience a different layout; the change should result in better, more consistent line spacing. I've noticed a couple changes but nothing too drastic. If you think you have a legitimate bug, try reproducing it with ftview (USE="utils") and filing a report upstream.