--- ./src/autohint/ahtypes.h.lighthint	Tue Sep 24 19:39:58 2002
+++ ./src/autohint/ahtypes.h	Thu Jan  2 14:53:59 2003
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@
     FT_Bool           do_vert_hints;     /* disable Y hinting            */
     FT_Bool           do_horz_snapping;  /* disable X stem size snapping */
     FT_Bool           do_vert_snapping;  /* disable Y stem size snapping */
+    FT_Bool           do_stem_adjust;    /* disable light stem snapping */
 
   } AH_HinterRec, *AH_Hinter;
 
--- ./src/autohint/ahhint.c.lighthint	Wed Nov  6 17:32:53 2002
+++ ./src/autohint/ahhint.c	Thu Jan  2 14:53:59 2003
@@ -104,8 +104,12 @@
       sign = 1;
     }
 
-    if ( (  vertical && !hinter->do_vert_snapping ) ||
-         ( !vertical && !hinter->do_horz_snapping ) )
+    if ( !hinter->do_stem_adjust )
+    {
+      /* Leave stem widths untouched */
+    }
+    else if ( (  vertical && !hinter->do_vert_snapping ) ||
+              ( !vertical && !hinter->do_horz_snapping ) )
     {
       /* smooth hinting process, very lightly quantize the stem width */
       /*                                                              */
@@ -1427,6 +1431,8 @@
     hinter->do_vert_snapping = FT_BOOL( hint_mode == FT_RENDER_MODE_MONO   ||
                                         hint_mode == FT_RENDER_MODE_LCD_V  );
 
+    hinter->do_stem_adjust = FT_BOOL( hint_mode != FT_RENDER_MODE_LIGHT );
+
 #if 1
     load_flags  = FT_LOAD_NO_SCALE
                 | FT_LOAD_IGNORE_TRANSFORM ;
--- ./src/pshinter/pshalgo3.c.lighthint	Tue Sep 17 03:31:17 2002
+++ ./src/pshinter/pshalgo3.c	Thu Jan  2 14:55:21 2003
@@ -516,18 +516,21 @@
           hint->cur_pos = pos;
           hint->cur_len = fit_len;
 
-          if ( len <= 64 )
-          {
-            /* the stem is less than one pixel, we will center it */
-            /* around the nearest pixel center                    */
-            /*                                                    */
-            pos = ( pos + ( (len >> 1) & -64 ) );
-            len = 64;
-          }
-          else
-          {
-            len = psh3_dimension_quantize_len( dim, len, 0 );
-          }
+	  if ( glyph->do_stem_adjust )
+	  {
+	    if ( len <= 64 )
+	    {
+	      /* the stem is less than one pixel, we will center it */
+	      /* around the nearest pixel center                    */
+	      /*                                                    */
+	      pos = ( pos + ( (len >> 1) & -64 ) );
+	      len = 64;
+	    }
+	    else
+	    {
+	      len = psh3_dimension_quantize_len( dim, len, 0 );
+	    }
+	  }
 
           /* now that we have a good hinted stem width, try to position */
           /* the stem along a pixel grid integer coordinate             */
@@ -1720,6 +1723,8 @@
     glyph->do_vert_snapping = FT_BOOL( hint_mode == FT_RENDER_MODE_MONO  ||
                                        hint_mode == FT_RENDER_MODE_LCD_V );
 
+    glyph->do_stem_adjust = FT_BOOL( hint_mode != FT_RENDER_MODE_LIGHT );
+
     for ( dimension = 0; dimension < 2; dimension++ )
     {
       /* load outline coordinates into glyph */
--- ./src/pshinter/pshalgo3.h.lighthint	Sun Sep  8 17:29:11 2002
+++ ./src/pshinter/pshalgo3.h	Thu Jan  2 14:53:59 2003
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@
     FT_Bool             do_vert_hints;
     FT_Bool             do_horz_snapping;
     FT_Bool             do_vert_snapping;
+    FT_Bool             do_stem_adjust;
 
   } PSH3_GlyphRec, *PSH3_Glyph;