https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470509
Bug ID: 1470509 Summary: freetype/harfbuzz fc25->fc26 turns to ugly rendering Product: Fedora Version: 26 Component: freetype Severity: medium Assignee: mkasik@redhat.com Reporter: pb@bieringer.de QA Contact: extras-qa@fedoraproject.org CC: behdad@fedoraproject.org, fonts-bugs@lists.fedoraproject.org, kevin@tigcc.ticalc.org, mkasik@redhat.com
Description of problem: While on fc25 I have sharp fonts on a 1600x1200 96 dpi display after upgrade to fc26 the rendering is ugly
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): freetype-2.7.1-9.fc26.x86_64 harfbuzz-1.4.4-1.fc26.x86_64 harfbuzz-icu-1.4.4-1.fc26.x86_64 (from updates-testing) + fc26 original
How reproducible: at least on 2 systems
Steps to Reproduce: 1. upgrade to fc26 2. login
Actual results: bad system font rendering
Expected results: same rendering as on fc25
Additional info: # xrdb -q Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault Xft.antialias: 0 Xft.hinting: 1 Xft.hintstyle: hintslight Xft.rgba: rgb Xft.dpi: 96 Xcursor.theme: default Xcursor.size: 21 Xcursor.theme_core: 1
after downgrade with fc25 packages: freetype-2.6.5-1.fc25.x86_64.rpm harfbuzz-1.3.2-1.fc25.x86_64.rpm harfbuzz-icu-1.3.2-1.fc25.x86_64.rpm
after reboot returns to previous and well rendering behavior.