diff -Nur cairo-1.10.2.orig/src/cairo-ft-font.c cairo-1.10.2/src/cairo-ft-font.c
--- cairo-1.10.2.orig/src/cairo-ft-font.c       2008-12-12 20:48:04.000000000 +0800
+++ cairo-1.10.2/src/cairo-ft-font.c    2009-02-20 14:56:57.000000000 +0800
@@ -1755,8 +1755,15 @@
     if (options->base.hint_style == CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_DEFAULT)
        options->base.hint_style = other->base.hint_style;

-    if (other->base.hint_style == CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_NONE)
-       options->base.hint_style = CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_NONE;
+    //if (other->base.hint_style == CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_NONE)
+       //options->base.hint_style = CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_NONE;
+
+       if (other->base.hint_style == CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_NONE ||
+               other->base.hint_style == CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_SLIGHT ||
+               other->base.hint_style == CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_MEDIUM ||
+               other->base.hint_style == CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_FULL) {
+       options->base.hint_style = other->base.hint_style;
+       }

     if (options->base.antialias == CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_NONE) {
        if (options->base.hint_style == CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_NONE)