Here's a patch that hooks up the FC_HINT_STYLE key described in bug 117 to FT_LOAD_TARGET_LIGHT. I think FT_LOAD_TARGET_* support may have been added to Xft recently for RGBA; in which case, this patch may conflict in a small way.
Created attachment 60 [details] [review] Patch adding FT_LOAD_TARGET_LIGHT support
2003-09-23 Owen Taylor <otaylor@redhat.com> Support FC_HINT_STYLE (#Bug 118) * xftfreetype.c: Hook up FC_HINT_STYLE to FT_LOAD_TARGET_LIGHT; also use FT_LOAD_TARGET_MONO when appropriate. * xftdpy.c: Hook up FC_HINT_STYLE to the Xft default system.
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