Re: [ft-devel] fontconfig

[Nikolaus Waxweiler]

> > Personally, I want the newer code, but I prefer it to not be
> > activated for every font on the system by default,
>
> Well, it's a design decision.  Similar to MS Windows, you can globally
> select whether you want subpixel hinting or not; the soon coming
> FREETYPE_PROPERTIES environment variable will allow the same for
> applications.  However, you can't do that on a per-font basis.  It
> seems that MS Windows users are satisfied with such a scheme, so I
> think that a similar setup works for Linux users also.

I concur. Also, hypercustomizers should be left to downstream patches. 
v40 is the best default for the majority of users.