bug#5025: 23.1.50; Blurry fonts with this evenings CVS checkout

[Tassilo Horn]

Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se> writes:

> Tassilo Horn skrev 2009-11-23 21.43:
>>
>> I've updated my emacs to this evenings CVS HEAD.  Since then the
>> fonts look very blurry.  I use the Xft backend with this ~/.Xdefaults
>> settings.
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> Emacs.FontBackend: xft, x
>> Emacs.Font: DejaVu Sans Mono-10
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> I also use this font in other applications, for example in the urxvt
>> terminal emulator.  But emacs is the only applications where the fonts
>> look blurry.
>>
>> In parallel to the emacs update, I updated fontconfig from 2.7.2 to
>> 2.8.0.  Maybe that's relevant.
>>
>> Any ideas?  I'm happy to provide any informations you need.
>
> Are you using Gnome (I guess nto)?

No, I use the i3 window manager without any desktop environment.  But
gconf is installed, although I do non enable --with-gconf at the
configure options.

> Can you send screen shots?

It's attached.  But the fonts look even worse sitting live in front of
the computer.

blurry-emacs.png
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Bye,
Tassilo