Bug 72832 – xfree -> xorg-x11 irritating font difference

• Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description David Lloyd 2004-11-29 10:31:07 UTC]

I've noticed that the single quote ' charater and backtick ` character have been replaced from xfree 4.3.0 to xorg 6.8.0 in the LucidiaTypewriter font to characters that are nearly visually indistinguishable from each other.  Would it be possible to go back to the original glyphs for this font?

[Comment 1 David Lloyd 2004-11-29 10:32:21 UTC]

Created attachment 44942 [details]
For worst results, view at 2048x1536

Using this font spec:

-b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-*-*-*-12-*-75-75-m-*-iso8859-1

[Comment 2 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2004-11-29 11:25:45 UTC]

Could you attach a screenshot of the 4.3.0 version for comparison?

[Comment 3 David Lloyd 2004-11-29 11:45:00 UTC]

Created attachment 44945 [details]
Maybe not perfect, but at least distinguishable

A coworker happened to still be running xfree, so here it is.  It's the
bottommost line on the screenshot.

[Comment 4 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2005-01-03 12:31:42 UTC]

Maybe you can take a look at xorg's cvs to see whether the font files have actually changed. Or diff them from 4.3.0 to present. Otherwise, it's probably a rendering change.

[Comment 5 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2005-05-25 04:20:26 UTC]

This seems likely a change in freetype.

[Comment 6 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2007-03-15 20:22:39 UTC]

Stale dead bug.