Bug 377221

Summary:	after upgrade to media-libs/freetype-2.4.6, 8px mono fonts become larger, like 9px width but has 8px height.
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	hubertstar <hubertstar>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Gentoo Fonts Team <fonts>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description hubertstar 2011-08-01 04:00:31 UTC

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

Comment 1 Ryan Hill (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-08-04 01:55:10 UTC

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.