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List:       konq-bugs
Subject:    [Bug 182828] Font kerning issues in some cases
From:       Matt Whitlock <matt () whitlock ! name>
Date:       2009-04-30 5:45:00
Message-ID: 20090430054500.7C63911923 () immanuel ! kde ! org
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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182828


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--- Comment #4 from Matt Whitlock <matt whitlock name>  2009-04-30 07:40:03 ---
The new Konqueror (probably by way of Qt4) is actually kerning the fonts as
specified in the fonts' kerning pair tables.  The old Konqueror/Qt3/libXft was
ignoring the kerning pairs specified by the fonts, so the observed difference
is actually a progression, not a regression.

For reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kerning.png

This bug should be closed as invalid, since the actual shortcoming that existed
in Qt3 was fixed in Qt4.

To placate people like Neil Skrypuch who think fonts look better when their
kernel pairs are ignored, maybe Qt4 should have an option to globally disable
font kerning.  That enhancement request should be filed as a new Qt bug, IMO.

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