Re: cairo now default?

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:02:52 +0700, Yuri Khan <address@hidden> said:

    Yuri> I recognize the difference between your two sets of screenshots as
    Yuri> being caused by different hinting styles used by the two font
    Yuri> renderers. Those in A seem to use slight or no hinting. Those in B use
    Yuri> strong hinting.

    Yuri> On an X11/GNU/Linux desktop, hinting style can be configured in at
    Yuri> least three ways. One is via the Xft.hintstyle resource; another is
    Yuri> /etc/fonts/fonts.conf or one of the files included from it, typically
    Yuri> one of /etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-{full,medium,none,slight}.conf;
    Yuri> and the third one is via the XSETTINGS protocol, provided by the
    Yuri> desktop environment and configured somewhere in its control panel.

    Yuri> For the record, I’m strongly in the slight hinting camp, and
    Yuri> would/will be much annoyed if/when Emacs decides to use strong hinting
    Yuri> despite my configuration.

If thatʼs what's going on, itʼs unintentional, and would need to be
fixed.

Robert