[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 #20 from Karl Tomlinson <bugs.freedesktop at karlt.net> 2012-09-07 07:30:09 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #15)
> (In reply to comment #14)
> > 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.
> 
> I admit I don't know how printing specific rendering is being done. Is it that
> antialiasing and hinting are turned off because printer resolution is much
> higher than screen and it wouldn't make sense to leave them on? (no visible
> effect?)

Not just that the printer resolution is higher, but the resolution may not
even be known at the time of generating the PDF or PS output.

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