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Bug 169306 - bad unhinted kerning
bad unhinted kerning
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 167801
Product: pango
Classification: Platform
Component: general
1.8.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Pango X11 Mainter alias
Pango X11 Mainter alias
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-03-05 17:08 UTC by Gregory Smith
Modified: 2007-06-20 18:16 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.7/2.8


Description Gregory Smith 2005-03-05 17:08:10 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
I installed pango 1.8, and the kerning of text is much worse than in 1.6. I turn
hinting off, and I use subpixel rendering (although disabling it does not
improve kerning). With hinting on text looks fine. Downgrading to 1.6 restored
proper kerning. A comparison is at http://www.treellama.org/pango-comparison.png
. 1.8 is on the left, 1.6 is on the right.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Disable hinting



Actual results:
http://www.treellama.org/pango-comparison.png (left side)

Expected results:
http://www.treellama.org/pango-comparison.png (right side)

Does this happen every time?
yes

Other information:
Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2005-03-05 19:20:07 UTC 
You apparently weren't testing with the newly released 1.8.1.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 167801 ***