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@QuLogic QuLogic commented Apr 10, 2026

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@tacaswell argued that downstreams will already have to contend with changes in text due to FreeType upgrades, so keeping the old hinting defaults doesn't really help with backwards compatibility and makes things different for other projects for no reason.

Followup to #30161 (review)

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@QuLogic
MNT: Use new defaults in set_font_settings_for_testing
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@tacaswell argued that downstreams will already have to contend with
changes in text due to FreeType upgrades, so keeping the old hinting
defaults doesn't really help with backwards compatibility and makes
things different for other projects for no reason.

Followup to matplotlib#30161 (review)
@QuLogic QuLogic added this to the v3.11.0 milestone Apr 10, 2026
@QuLogic QuLogic added the Maintenance label Apr 10, 2026
timhoffm
timhoffm approved these changes Apr 11, 2026
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tacaswell merged commit 2971440 into matplotlib:main Apr 12, 2026
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QuLogic deleted the testing-defaults branch April 13, 2026 17:32
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