On Monday, November 26, 2012, Sebastian Sturm wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> sorry if this has already been covered, but I couldn't find any related
> postings or bug reports so far. Trying out 24.2.90 pretest, I noticed that
> my modeline doesn't cover the full window width anymore. Also, the font
> antialiasing has changed noticeably; text that was once well readable now
> looks thin and spindly, especially on dark backgrounds, as shown in this
> screenshot:
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27469243/emacs-screenshot.png
> The left window belongs to emacs 24.2 (stable), the right one to 24.2.90
> pretest. In case the new font rendering reflects an aesthetic choice made
> by the developers, is there any easy way to revert to the old rendering
> behavior?
> best regards,
> Sebastian
>