Description of problem: in the default font and size used in firstboot the '5' digit is a slightly different width, i think. so in the 'date and time' settings screen the text shuffles a bit as the seconds and minutes tick through 05/15/25 etc. ah, actually, it looks like it's a hinting problem - this happens with 'full' and 'medium' but not with 'slight' or 'none'. not sure if that means it's a problem with freetype rather than the font. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): freetype-2.3.9-3.fc11.i586 dejavu-sans-fonts-2.29-2.fc11.noarch How reproducible: always. Steps to Reproduce: 1.install fedora 2.in firstboot go to date&time screen 3.watch the time ticking and observe text layout alternatively log in and enable seconds display and 12 hour mode on the panel clock and watch that. Actual results: layout 'jiggles' as numbers change. Expected results: no jiggling. Additional info: i think this has been like this for a year at least.
If it happens only with some autohinter settings it's clearly an autohinter bug. Please file a report in the freetype component of freedesktop bugzilla (CC-ing fedora-fonts-bugs-list at redhat.com)
okay, i will do that. but are you certain that it _must_ be the freetype autohinter? aren't some of the hinting things stored in the fonts themselves? i did try a couple of other fonts and couldn't reproduce the same behaviour.
freetype bug raised. :-)
The Fedora freetype package is built without the interpreter for hinting bytecode for patent reasons, so yes, if you're using the Fedora freetype package, it must be the autohinter.
ah, right. thanks for the explanation. makes sense.
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