Re: [ft] Rendering differences between 2.3.12 and 2.5.3

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> If the text rendered by freetype is only a little bit wider than it
>> used to be, whole words might suddenly end up on a new line which
>> can mess up the whole layout.
> 
> You've got to admit that 2.5.3 looks better. :)

Well, this is not the point...

> Yes advances for emboldened text changed, but ultimately Freetype is
> not a text layout engine, so *you* can use old advances if you wish.

Can you provide a recipe how to emulate the old behaviour?  It might
be worth to add it to the documentation.


    Werner