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Did you by chance miss the freetype upgrade on 14. Feb?
Actually I have freetype pinned at 2.7.1 -- see https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...nt-4175606199/ for the why.
Upgrading freetype to 2.9 resolved my problem, rebuilding my 2.7.1 freetype version did not.
Considering my options ...
I decided to take the dive and unpinned/upgraded the freetype and fontconfig packages.
Hoping I will get used to the now somewhat awkward/clumsy dejavu/10 font ...
Are you aware of the file /etc/profile.d/freetype.sh ?
I tried to get used to the new look font rendering for a week or so, couldn't get used to it.
so set FREETYPE_PROPERTIES to "truetype:interpreter-version=35" for the old "incorrect" font rendering.
My eyes are happier as a result.
HTH
Are you aware of the file /etc/profile.d/freetype.sh ?
The last time I tested (some months ago) the results were not all-convincing.
As I am looking for the 2.7 behaviour "40" should be more appropriate. I retested and indeed "40" plus hinting "slight" makes dejavu more agreeable (though still not all-convincing) at size "9".
Thks.
I got this again with the Libreoffice upgrade in current to 6.2.5 and with freetype 2.10.1. I had to remove this file to make /usr/bin/libreoffice and /usr/bin/soffice work again:
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