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NiLuJe · 07-27-2014, 11:20 AM

@roger64: I'm not quite sure how the synthetic bolding is happening exactly since we're not using Fontconfig, but the change in behavior is probably due to the FreeType upgrade.

The synthetic stuff was never part of the 'proper' API, and thus is subject to silent changes (even more so than the rest, which is of course also subject to change in how stuff renders ;p). It was also utterly broken for a while for example.

Try using the SemiBold (although I'm not sure if it'll get picked up properly, given that we're not using FC), or stay with regular and push the contrast to the max. Or tweak the font in a font editor to tweak the weight. It's open source, so you have pristine source material to work with.

07-27-2014, 11:20 AM	#22
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@roger64: I'm not quite sure how the synthetic bolding is happening exactly since we're not using Fontconfig, but the change in behavior is probably due to the FreeType upgrade. The synthetic stuff was never part of the 'proper' API, and thus is subject to silent changes (even more so than the rest, which is of course also subject to change in how stuff renders ;p). It was also utterly broken for a while for example. Try using the SemiBold (although I'm not sure if it'll get picked up properly, given that we're not using FC), or stay with regular and push the contrast to the max. Or tweak the font in a font editor to tweak the weight. It's open source, so you have pristine source material to work with. Last edited by NiLuJe; 07-27-2014 at 12:52 PM.