[Bug 87230] Evince ignores font hinting settings

[Alex Jones]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: evince

I specifically set my system to disable font hinting because I prefer
the appearance.

However, Evince still insists on using hinting when rendering. As a
result, I get particularly bad (worse than normal) text rendering with
all documents. See attached screenshot for example.

Zooming in and out causes apparent font weight to increase and decrease
by massive amounts. Worse still is that italicized text at the same zoom
level appears thinner for Times New Roman. See screenshot for example.
Notice also under point 4 the italic "zero" has its diagonal bar in the
"z" missing. This is just another issue with font hinting, but
illustrates the problem well.

** Affects: evince (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Evince ignores font hinting settings
https://launchpad.net/bugs/87230