Re: cairo now default?

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:24:59 +0000, Colin Baxter <address@hidden> said:
    >> Only if they then choose to use a font for which Xft gets things
    >> wrong. If their existing font was fine (and not bitmapped), it
    >> will be fine under Cairo.

    >> Which of these two screenshots is --with-cairo, and which is
    >> without?  (both are using HarfBuzz)

    Colin> I agree, yours look at same. Here at mine:

    Colin> A. emacs1-splash.png; emacs1-scratch.png

    Colin> ./configure --without-cairo

    Colin> B. emacs2-splash.png; emacs2-scratch.png

    Colin> ./configure

    Colin> The configure options tell me I have no Harfbuzz and I get the no
    Colin> "Harfbuzz" warning message.

    Colin> I'm no expert, but to me, the fonts in B. look weaker than those in 
A.

To me they look slightly sharper. Tomayto, tomahto. I donʼt think
either look bad. (Iʼm assuming they're both using the same font).

Robert