Bug 72832

Summary:	xfree -> xorg-x11 irritating font difference
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	David Lloyd <dmlloyd>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Fonts Team <fonts>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	trivial
Priority:	High
Version:	2004.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	For worst results, view at 2048x1536 Maybe not perfect, but at least distinguishable

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) gentoo-dev

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) gentoo-dev

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) gentoo-dev

2005-05-25 04:20:26 UTC

This seems likely a change in freetype.

Comment 6 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-15 20:22:39 UTC

Stale dead bug.