[Bug 31635] New: Font rendering regression 1.5.x series

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31635

Bug #: 31635
           Summary: Font rendering regression 1.5.x series
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.5.12
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

Hi, I'm running openSUSE 12.2 with the Infinality subpixel patches for
Freetype.
(http://www.infinality.net/blog/)
This configuration produces hands down the most spectacular font rendering in
the Linux world. Ubuntu also uses approximately the same patchset to produce
similarly excellent smooth fonts.

The current stable version of Wine (1.4.1) works very well with the Infinality
subpixel patchset. The fonts in Wine programs usually look about the same as a
native Linux program, that is to say, excellent. However, I have tested several
Windows programs with the 1.5 series (both 1.5.6 and 1.5.12) and the same
Windows programs have dreadful font rendering on some, but not all, UI
elements. Arial font is the worst example. It appears jagged and virtually
unreadable in the affected UI elements. Other fonts like the Droid or DejaVu
series try to use subpixel rendering, but the rendering looks terribly blurry,
washed out, and over-rendered, again almost unreadable. These problems don't
exist in the 1.4.1 release.

I'm attaching screenshots of the same program with Wine 1.4.1 and 1.5.12. The
Wine version is the only thing that changes between the two screenshots.

Thanks for the help! Cheers.