[gentoo-dev] Freetype 2.1.2 test results

["Ian Phillips" <ianp@tibco.com>]

I've tested with Mozilla

unmask freetype
emerge freetype
emerge -c freetype
emerge pango
emerge gtk+
restart mozilla
    Seems to work OK, but fonts look worse than before. Is this to do
    with hinting?
edited ebuild, adding src_unpack() section from 2.0.9 ebuild
emerge freetype
restart mozilla
    Also fiddled with my subpixel decimation settings, looks better now.
start gimp (1.3)
    Seems to work OK. Can use the type tool without problems.
start gnumeric (1.1.5)
    Seems to work OK. This only really tests the widgets though, since
    the gnumeric canvas dosn't use antialiasing.
start mrproject
    Crashes. Find out that I'm running an older version, so...
emerge -c dev-libs/libmrproject
emerge -c app-office/mrproject
    Seems to work OK.
Log out and log back in again.
    Seems OK. This should test the panel and WM (metacity). They both
    seem OK, although I'm not sure which FT they are using since the
    xfree build includes it's own version.

Actually, the font rendering with FT212 looks better to my eyes that
that of FT209. And the apps I've tried seem to work without trouble.

I think that's all the major apps I have that use FT.

Yours,
Ian. 

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