From eb110fd3ce7badae2725120031e6019bfa1a6c59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:28:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fontconfig: Set the default hinting style to "slight"

This works around a bug in infinality that causes broken rendering in
some cases.  Issue NixOS/nixpkgs#663.

Upstream suggests that "slight" is a better/safer default in any case.
It also looks better, IMHO, YMMV.
---
 modules/config/fonts/fontconfig.nix | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig.nix b/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig.nix
index ce3ffdffdc9..d0478083ed3 100644
--- a/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig.nix
+++ b/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,22 @@ with pkgs.lib;
     environment.etc."fonts/fonts.conf".source =
       pkgs.makeFontsConf { fontDirectories = config.fonts.fonts; };
 
+    environment.etc."fonts/conf.d/00-nixos.conf".text =
+      ''
+        <?xml version='1.0'?>
+        <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
+        <fontconfig>
+
+          <!-- Set the default hinting style to "slight". -->
+          <match target="font">
+            <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
+              <const>hintslight</const>
+            </edit>
+          </match>
+
+        </fontconfig>
+      '';
+
     environment.shellInit =
       ''
         # FIXME: This variable is no longer needed, but we'll keep it