[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 david.osguthorpe@…):

 Replying to [comment:5 suv-sf@…]:
 > Not sure if related at all - but what about enabling autohinting for
 fontconfig/freetype?
 >

 Thanks very much - I can confirm this does indeed solve the problem

 doing

 ln -s ../conf.avail/10-autohint.conf

 in /opt/local/etc/fonts/fonts.d

 does give same results using macports X11 libraries as using the system
 X11 libraries

 (as you say I saw this poor font rendering with all GTK+ programs - also I
 dual boot Ubuntu and the fonts on Ubuntu render similar to the
 System Libraries and not as the random thickening/very thin lines seen
 using Macports libraries without auto hinting)

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/31580#comment:6>
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