font color fringing after freetype2/fontconfig update

[Tobias Nygren <tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

Hi!

On Sun, 19 Jun 2016 20:48:55 +0000
Thomas Klausner <wiz%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:

> Log Message:
> Updated fontconfig to 2.12.0.

Did this change some default values for freetype LCD subpixel filters?
Out of the box experience has regressed. After updating pkgsrc
(freetype2 was also updated) I get terrible color fringing, especially
visible with vera sans fonts in gtk apps.

I had to manually put this in my ~/.fonts.conf to fix rendering issues:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <match target="font">
    <edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign">
      <const>lcddefault</const>
    </edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>

Kind regards,
-Tobias