hinting/autohinting in rawhide / FC6T1 fontconfig

[Rex Dieter]

Nicolas Mailhot wrote:

> Does anyone knows what's the logic
> behind /etc/fonts/conf.d/unhinted.conf
> and /etc/fonts/conf.d/autohint.conf
> 
> Won't those files disable hinting and force autohinting for all fonts ?
> 
> If so what's the point of fine-tuning hinting in other fontconfig
> files ?

Excellent questions... (:

> Also does this mean we'll never use font hints even on well-hinted
> fonts ?

Educated guess: This may be referring to the the font-hinting in freetype
that is (potentially?) patent-encumbered so it is not built/used in Fedora
freetype packages.

-- Rex