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warvariuc
Asked: 2013-10-19 11:04:47 +0800 CST

Specify hinting for a certain font

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I am using Droid fonts were possible. I have KDE.

Droid fonts look perfect with full hinting, but Ubuntu font do not.

Ubuntu font looks good with no or slight hinting, but then Droid fonts look bad.

Full hinting No hinting

Full hinting No hinting

Is there a possibility to specify hinting type per font family?

I tried the following in fonts.conf, but it doesn't work:

 <match target="pattern" name="family">
  <test name="family" qual="any">
   <string>Ubuntu</string>
  </test>
  <edit binding="strong" mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
   <const>hintnone</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font">
  <edit mode="assign" name="rgba">
   <const>none</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font">
  <edit mode="assign" name="hinting">
   <bool>true</bool>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font">
  <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
   <const>hintfull</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font">
  <edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
   <bool>true</bool>
  </edit>
 </match>
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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Ok looks like font matching was wrong. This works:

    <!-- Special handling for Droid Font family -->
<match target="font">
    <test name="family" qual="any" compare="contains">
        <string>Droid</string>
    </test>

    <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"><const>hintfull</const></edit>
    <edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
    <edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit>
</match>

<!-- Special handling for Ubuntu Font family -->
<match target="font">
    <test name="family" qual="any" compare="contains">
        <string>Ubuntu</string>
    </test>

    <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"><const>hintnone</const></edit>
    <edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
    <edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit>
</match>
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