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List:       freetype-devel
Subject:    Re: [ft-devel] fontconfig
From:       Nikolaus Waxweiler <madigens () gmail ! com>
Date:       2016-07-09 15:44:23
Message-ID: 3d839b21-d710-1a0b-c733-506cfa2b7e4e () gmail ! com
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>> Personally, I want the newer code, but I prefer it to not be
>> activated for every font on the system by default,
>
> Well, it's a design decision.  Similar to MS Windows, you can globally
> select whether you want subpixel hinting or not; the soon coming
> FREETYPE_PROPERTIES environment variable will allow the same for
> applications.  However, you can't do that on a per-font basis.  It
> seems that MS Windows users are satisfied with such a scheme, so I
> think that a similar setup works for Linux users also.

I concur. Also, hypercustomizers should be left to downstream patches. 
v40 is the best default for the majority of users.

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