[Bug 291427] New: Font hinting "hintslight" is wrong on KDE 4.8 RC

[Xelis]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291427

           Summary: Font hinting "hintslight" is wrong on KDE 4.8 RC
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: xiam at tiscali.it


Created an attachment (id=67776)
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comparison from QT and GTK applications font rendering

Version:           unspecified (using Devel) 
OS:                Linux

Recently updated to ubuntu precise development branch which has KDE 4.8 rc2.

Font rendering is completely wrong, and subpixel hinting set to hintslight type
appears like it was set to full, there is no difference between hintslight or
full, the both of them appear the same and the fonts seem like bold.
It occurs on QT applications, not for GTK applications that still render font
correctly.

See attached image for a comparison between QT and GTK font rendering:
hintslight_subpixel.jpg

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Opens System settings and set font like in the image attached:
font_antialias_settings.jpg


Expected Results:  
The font should be rendered more slightly with subpixel type set to hintslight.
Instead they appear like "Bold" font.

I have an nvidia videocard GT 240 with recent Nvidia drivers (290.10), plugged
to the monitor LCD with DVI cable.

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