diff -ru qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.0/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.0n/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp
--- qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.0/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp	2008-08-03 21:05:09.000000000 +0800
+++ qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.0n/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp	2008-08-04 09:51:50.000000000 +0800
@@ -804,6 +804,7 @@
     antialias = true;
     default_load_flags = 0;
     subpixelType = Subpixel_None;
+    lcdfilter = 1;
     defaultGlyphFormat = Format_None;
     canUploadGlyphsToServer = false;
 }
@@ -964,9 +965,19 @@
 
     FT_GlyphSlot slot = face->glyph;
 
+    FT_LcdFilter lcd_filter;
+    switch (lcdfilter) {
+        case 0: lcd_filter = FT_LCD_FILTER_NONE; break;
+        case 1:
+        default:
+            lcd_filter = FT_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT; break;
+        case 2: lcd_filter = FT_LCD_FILTER_LIGHT; break;
+        case 3: lcd_filter = FT_LCD_FILTER_LEGACY; break;
+    }
+
     if (slot->format != FT_GLYPH_FORMAT_BITMAP) {
         FT_Library  library = slot->library;
-        FT_Library_SetLcdFilter( library, FT_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT );
+        FT_Library_SetLcdFilter( library, lcd_filter );
         FT_Render_Glyph( slot, mode );
         FT_Library_SetLcdFilter( library, FT_LCD_FILTER_NONE );
     }
diff -ru qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.0/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft_p.h qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.0n/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft_p.h
--- qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.0/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft_p.h	2008-08-03 21:04:47.000000000 +0800
+++ qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.0n/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft_p.h	2008-08-03 21:57:13.000000000 +0800
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@
     QFreetypeFace *freetype;
     int default_load_flags;
 
+    int lcdfilter;
     bool antialias;
     bool outline_drawing;
     bool transform;
diff -ru qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.0/src/gui/text/qfontengine_x11.cpp qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.0n/src/gui/text/qfontengine_x11.cpp
--- qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.0/src/gui/text/qfontengine_x11.cpp	2008-08-03 21:05:03.000000000 +0800
+++ qt-x11-opensource-src-4.4.0n/src/gui/text/qfontengine_x11.cpp	2008-08-03 21:57:20.000000000 +0800
@@ -965,6 +965,17 @@
     }
 #endif
 
+#ifndef FC_LCD_FILTER
+#define FC_LCD_FILTER       "lcdfilter"
+#define FC_LCD_NONE         0
+#define FC_LCD_DEFAULT      1
+#define FC_LCD_LIGHT        2
+#define FC_LCD_LEGACY       3
+#endif // FC_LCD_FILTER
+
+    if (FcPatternGetInteger (pattern, FC_LCD_FILTER, 0, &lcdfilter) == FcResultNoMatch)
+        lcdfilter = FC_LCD_DEFAULT;
+
     GlyphFormat defaultFormat = Format_None;
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_XRENDER