[MacPorts] #31580: MacPorts xfd renders fonts differently (and worse) from OSX xfd

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#31580: MacPorts xfd renders fonts differently (and worse) from OSX xfd
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 Reporter:  david.osguthorpe@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                      |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                      |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                       |     Version:  2.0.3                                
 Keywords:  font render x11             |        Port:  xfd                                  
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Comment(by suv-sf@…):

 Not sure if related at all - but what about enabling autohinting for
 fontconfig/freetype?

 AFAICT the default installation of fontconfig in MacPorts does not copy

 {{{
 $PREFIX/etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-autohint.conf
 }}}

 into
 {{{
 $PREFIX/etc/fonts/conf.d
 }}}
 nor enable autohinting elsewhere (I saw the same issue with GTK+ GUI fonts
 - which render rather poorly after MacPorts upgraded to freetype 2.4.x
 (compared to MacPorts' freetype 2.3.x) - until I created ~/.fonts.conf and
 enabled autohinting there (see below)).

 Enabling autohinting in ~/.fonts.conf:

 {{{
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
 <fontconfig>

  <match target="font">
   <edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
    <bool>true</bool>
   </edit>
  </match>

 </fontconfig>
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/31580#comment:5>
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