[Freetype] Arial ttf - bad rendering of some glyphs

[Vadim Plessky]

Hello,

first of all, my system settings:
-FreeType 2.0.3 with TT Bytecode interpreter turned ON
-XFree86 4.0.1-4mdk (from Mandrake), 
   RENDER ext. is working ok
-QT 2.3.0, compiled with XFT support
-video: ATI Rage Mobility (Mach64)
-X is running at 96x96dpi

I attach cutted part of web page with mis-rendered glyphs.
Original page I browsed (Konqueror 2.2a2 from KDE 2.2a2):
http://www.gazeta.ru/2001/07/11/domodedovouv.shtml

Text on screenshot (switch your mail client to Unicode-UTF8, to see correct 
characters)
----------------------
Первой, напомним, из Шереметьева в Домодедово переехала в апреле этого года 
российская авиакомпания «Трансаэро». При этом не обошлось без скандала. 
Авиакомпания осталась должна аэропорту около 160 млн рублей. В этот раз 
переезд проходит вполне мирно.
---------------------- 

The most unpleasant rendering is with "э"
Also, "а" and "в" have some *dirty* inside internal contours. Note that it's 
visible only on several specific pt sizes. 
For example, I am writing this mail in KMail, and both "а" and "в"look ok 
(Arial 11pt) while  "э" still has problems. But it looks different on web 
page due to different font size.
(CSS page for that page is http://www.gazeta.ru/hrg.css)

In general, I think rendering quality for Arial with AA enabled is *better* 
than in Windows 98.
If only errors specified above could be corrected...

I would appreciate any input on this subject. 
-- 

Vadim Plessky
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arial-ttf-rus-AA.png
Description: example of rendering