From d458b5401a36dd87cfd2bd071f634330f095cf5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Tuegel Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:34:52 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] nixos/fontconfig: add Changelog message about FreeType update --- nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml index 3705fd468f6..66b88eab09b 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1709.xml @@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ following incompatible changes: rest of the system on a stable release. + + + Updated to FreeType 2.7.1, including a new TrueType engine. + The new engine replaces the Infinality engine which was the default in + NixOS. The default font rendering settings are now provided by + fontconfig-penultimate, replacing fontconfig-ultimate; the new defaults + are less invasive and provide rendering that is more consistent with + other systems and hopefully with each font designer's intent. Some + system-wide configuration has been removed from the Fontconfig NixOS + module where user Fontconfig settings are available. + +