[Pkg-fonts-bugs] Bug#383258: FreeSans lowercase letter "e" is distorted

[Robert L Mathews]

Package: ttf-freefont
Version: 20060501cvs-8

When upgrading ttf-freefont from version 20051102-2 to 20060501cvs-8, I 
found that the top of the lowercase letter "e" in FreeSans (regular) is 
distorted (and was not before).

When displayed at 12 point with anti-aliasing turned on, the top curve 
of the "e" is thinner than it used to be. When displayed at 11 points, 
the top of the "e" is taller than other lowercase letters.

A screenshot of the differences is at:

   http://www.robandmollie.com/ttf-freefont/screenshot.png

These screen shots were taken on the same machine, with the only 
difference being the version of ttf-freefont installed. In particular, 
look at the text "lowercase letter" on the 11 point 20060501cvs-8 
version -- the distortion of the lowercase "e" is quite distracting, as 
the letter "e" now appears taller than other lowercase letters. When a 
large amount of 11 point text is viewed, the effect of the taller "e" is 
quite jarring.

This problem occurs in all KDE and Gnome applications (for example, in 
both Konqueror and OpenOffice). Changing the details of the 
anti-aliasing settings on my computer has no effect on the problem.

Using Debian testing (as of 2006-08-14), xorg 7.0.22, "radeon" driver, 
and "DisplaySize 519.0 324.0" for a 1920x1200 screen. Let me know if 
there is any other info I can provide.

Thanks!

-- 
Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies    http://www.tigertech.net/