Fontconfig

  1. Bug #190848
  2. Comment #58

Comment 58 for bug 190848

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Arne Goetje (arnegoetje) wrote : Re: [Bug 190848] Re: font in terminal does not resemble font in preview

MichaelM wrote:
> The workaround for me (I want full subpixel hinting for terminal) is to
> do this:
>
> cd /etc/fonts/conf.d
> sudo unlink 10-hinting-medium.conf
> sudo ln -s ../10-hinting-full.conf .

This is the setting *you* prefer. Other users may prefer something else.

>
> That fixes it for me. However, it should really be following the font
> settings in the Gnome Appearance Preferences dialog.

libvte is the culprit here. It doesn't honor the Gnome font settings or
we wouldn't have this bug report.