GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 608753
assrender: use more compatible hinting method
Last modified: 2010-02-02 07:56:45 UTC
assrender configures libass to use "native hinting". This means FreeType will run the hinting program of the font, if available. Unfortunately FreeType is known to produce bad results (distorted shapes) with many fonts. It's a wiser choice to use light autohinting (this is recommended by libass documentation) to improve compatibility. See the attached patch.
Created attachment 152802 [details] [review] use light autohinting
commit 934c91682f112038f3deaf16674c0b5f89d5ac30 Author: Grigori Goronzy <greg@blackbox> Date: Tue Feb 2 01:44:20 2010 +0100 assrender: instruct libass to use light autohinting Fixes bug #608753.