diff -Nur cairo-1.8.6.orig/src/cairo-ft-font.c cairo-1.8.6/src/cairo-ft-font.c
--- cairo-1.8.6.orig/src/cairo-ft-font.c	2008-12-12 20:48:04.000000000 +0800
+++ cairo-1.8.6/src/cairo-ft-font.c	2009-02-20 14:56:57.000000000 +0800
@@ -1448,8 +1448,15 @@
     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)