[ft] v38 interpreter changes visual result

[Jan Engelhardt]

Greetings.


I have found that freetype changed the appearance of fonts recently, and 
bisected the behavioral change down to between 119e8e41e and ed1d8983f.

The attached screenshot[1] shows xterm -fa "Ubuntu Mono:size=22:dpi=96", 
which now takes up more overall horizontal space as a result of the 
change, meaning I actually have to reduce the font size somewhat to get 
a window of the same size as before.

I would like to get back the previous behavior (with a current 
freetype), where chars are rendered slightly wider and actually have a 
better hinting (cf. the stem of a 'b').


[1] if not delivered, see http://inai.de/files/ft-bytecode38.png

ft-bytecode38.png
Description: before and after