nixos/fontconfig: disable autohint by default

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig.nix b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig.nix
index 4d3cc26365fc..93c5f2df725a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig.nix
@@ -372,11 +372,11 @@ in
 
           autohint = mkOption {
             type = types.bool;
-            default = true;
+            default = false;
             description = ''
-              Enable the autohinter, which provides hinting for otherwise
-              un-hinted fonts. The results are usually lower quality than
-              correctly-hinted fonts.
+              Enable the autohinter in place of the default interpreter.
+              The results are usually lower quality than correctly-hinted
+              fonts, but better than unhinted fonts.
             '';
           };
         };