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vergo [Additional changes for more recent FreeType versions]
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 ===== Additional changes for more recent FreeType versions ===== ===== Additional changes for more recent FreeType versions =====
  
-Starting from FreeType version 2.7, the hinting style has changed (see [[https://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/subpixel-hinting.html|more detailed documentation]]. However, this results in more blur than with the previously used (v35 interpreter) solution causing again fonts to be less sharp. The older interpreter is still available and can be enabled with the following addition in, for example, /etc/environment or any other file where environment properties can be set before the X server is started:+Starting from FreeType version 2.7, the hinting style has changed (see [[https://www.freetype.org/freetype2/docs/hinting/subpixel-hinting.html|more detailed documentation]]. However, this results in more blur than with the previously used (v35 interpreter) solution causing again fonts to be less sharp. The older interpreter is still available and can be enabled with the following addition in, for example, /etc/environment or any other file where environment properties can be set before the X server is started:
  
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