[Pkg-chromium-maint] Bug#580622: chromium-browser: Subpixel hinting makes fonts blurry

[Jonathan Nieder]

Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 06:39:39PM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

>> forwarded 580622 http://crbug.com/29871
>
> Yes, that looks like the right bug to me.  The screenshots and
> comparisons in that bug, such as the one provided by the original
> reporter, show the same eye-watering blurriness that I've observed.  The
> zoomed-in text provided in the original report shows the same color
> fringes along vertical lines that this Debian bug report documents.
> 
> I don't think I have anything to add to that bug (other than a "me
> too"), so I should probably refrain from commenting.  Or do you think
> this report contains any information not present in the upstream bug?

Probably it would be better to figure out a fix on the Debian BTS and
send a patch when ready.

http://crbug.com/29871#c31 has the feel of getting to the heart of
the matter, but it's beyond my depth.