- DejaVu, Droid, Liberation, Cantarell: using hintslight with BCI

(instead of hintfull with BCI)

OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/M17N/fontconfig?expand=0&rev=73

fontconfig.changes

@@ -1,26 +1,8 @@
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-Mon May 28 13:28:21 UTC 2012 - pgajdos@suse.com
-
-- Cantarell: hintslight appears to be not sufficient for both BCI and autohint,
-  and BCI with hintfull seems to better handle distance between e. g. '8' and
-  '6' for same sizes. Also '8' glyph look better with BCI in smaller sizes.
-  Therefore, autohint=false and hintstyle=hintfull seems to be the best.
-
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 Mon May 28 11:53:08 UTC 2012 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
-- DejaVu Sans, Droid Sans: added information why use BCI instead of 
+- DejaVu, Droid, Liberation, Cantarell: using hintslight with BCI
-  autohinter
+  (instead of hintfull with BCI)
-
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-Mon May 28 11:10:10 UTC 2012 - pgajdos@suse.com
-
-- Liberation Sans: hintslight appears to be not sufficient for both BCI and 
-  autohint, because longest straight lines in some glyphs such as 'g', 'a', 
-  'B', 'f', etc.,  are rendered too wide (similar to hintnone). On the 
-  contrary, using BCI with hintstyle=hintfull (likewise for hintstyle=hintmedium) 
-  causes some parts of glyphs fonts to be too thin (see 'R' for example).
-  So, the best combination seems to be autohinter with hintstyle=hintfull.
 
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 Thu May 24 14:24:05 UTC 2012 - pgajdos@suse.com

suse-hinting.conf

@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@
 		</test>
 		<test name="family">
 			<string>Verdana</string>
-			<string>Liberation Sans</string>
 			<string>MS Gothic</string>
 			<string>MS PGothic</string>
 			<string>MS UI Gothic</string>
@@ -341,36 +340,44 @@ exceptions will follow
 exceptions:
 -->
 
-  <!-- Liberation Sans: hintslight appears to be not sufficient for both BCI and 
+  <!-- Liberation Sans: font with hintslight instead of hintfull seems to be nicer 
-       autohint, because longest straight lines in some glyphs such as 'g', 'a', 
+       (thicker) -->
-       'B', 'f', etc.,  are rendered too wide (similar to hintnone). On the 
-       contrary, using BCI with hintstyle=hintfull (likewise for hintstyle=hintmedium) 
-       causes some parts of glyphs fonts to be too thin (see 'R' for example).
-       So, the best combination seems to be autohinter with hintstyle=hintfull. -->
   
   <match target="font">
-    <test name="family">
+    <test name="family" compare="contains">
-      <string>Liberation Sans</string>
+      <string>Liberation</string>
     </test>
-    <edit name="autohint" mode="assign">  <!-- for sure, saying this explicitely -->
-      <bool>true</bool>
-    </edit>
     <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
-      <const>hintfull</const>
+      <const>hintslight</const>
     </edit>
   </match>
 
-  <!-- Cantarell: hintslight appears to be not sufficient for both BCI and autohint
+  <!-- DejaVu Sans: font with hintslight instead of hintfull seems to be nicer 
-       (thickness of some glyphs is not balanced in certain sizes, similar to DejaVu
+       (thicker) -->
-       Sans; e. g., with "OSI" string, 'O' and 'S' looks much more thick than 'I' in 
+  
-       some sizes, or even 'u', 'p' or 'f' are unbalanced), and BCI with hintfull 
+  <match target="font">
-       seems to better handle distance between e. g. '8' and '6' for all sizes. Also 
+    <test name="family" compare="contains">
-       '8' glyph look better with BCI in smaller sizes.
+      <string>DejaVu</string>
- 
+    </test>
-       Therefore, autohint=false and hintstyle=hintfull seems to be the best. For 
+    <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
-       TrueType, this is default by rule above, nevertheless fontformat="CFF" for 
+      <const>hintslight</const>
-       Cantarell, so need to say following explicitely.
+    </edit>
-    -->
+  </match>
+
+  <!-- Droid Sans: font with hintslight instead of hintfull seems to be nicer 
+       (thicker) -->
+  
+  <match target="font">
+    <test name="family" compare="contains">
+      <string>Droid</string>
+    </test>
+    <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
+      <const>hintslight</const>
+    </edit>
+  </match>
+
+  <!-- Cantarell: font with hintslight instead of hintfull seems to be nicer 
+       (thicker) -->
   <match target="font">
     <test name="family">
       <string>Cantarell</string>
@@ -379,7 +386,7 @@ exceptions:
       <bool>false</bool>
     </edit>
     <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
-      <const>hintfull</const>
+      <const>hintslight</const>
     </edit>
   </match>