[cairo-bugs] [Bug 11838] hintstyle specified in fontconfig is ignored while rgba is respected sometimes

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11838

--- Comment #14 from Karl Tomlinson <bugs.freedesktop at karlt.net> 2010-09-25 16:43:39 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #13)
> The bottom line is: why not use fontconfig for everything,

Fontconfig doesn't know whether the text is being rendered to an LCD screen or
a printer, so fontconfig needs to be told subpixel order and whether hinting is
appropriate.

Problems happen when fontconfig rules blindly override such information (bug
17722, https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105797), as well as when
apps/toolkits blindly override fontconfig patterns (this bug).

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