It turned out that not only Hintstyle was ignored, but also switching between Subpixel and grayscale AA wasn't supported. Defining LCDFitler wasn't working as well.
I have created a patch comprehensively addressing this issues: http://weirdfellow.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/patching-cairo. Finally I have fonts I want!
It turned out that not only Hintstyle was ignored, but also switching between Subpixel and grayscale AA wasn't supported. Defining LCDFitler wasn't working as well.
I have created a patch comprehensively addressing this issues: http:// weirdfellow. wordpress. com/2010/ 08/01/patching- cairo.
Finally I have fonts I want!