diff -Naur chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/chrome/browser/renderer_host/render_sandbox_host_linux.cc chromium-7.0.528.0/chrome/browser/renderer_host/render_sandbox_host_linux.cc
--- chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/chrome/browser/renderer_host/render_sandbox_host_linux.cc	2010-09-18 10:03:44.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-7.0.528.0/chrome/browser/renderer_host/render_sandbox_host_linux.cc	2010-09-19 21:37:33.264681987 +0200
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@
     reply.WriteInt(style.useAutoHint);
     reply.WriteInt(style.useHinting);
     reply.WriteInt(style.hintStyle);
+    reply.WriteInt(style.lcdFilter);
     reply.WriteInt(style.useAntiAlias);
     reply.WriteInt(style.useSubpixel);
 
diff -Naur chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/chrome/renderer/renderer_sandbox_support_linux.cc chromium-7.0.528.0/chrome/renderer/renderer_sandbox_support_linux.cc
--- chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/chrome/renderer/renderer_sandbox_support_linux.cc	2010-09-18 10:03:54.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-7.0.528.0/chrome/renderer/renderer_sandbox_support_linux.cc	2010-09-19 21:37:33.264681987 +0200
@@ -63,16 +63,19 @@
   Pickle reply(reinterpret_cast<char*>(buf), n);
   void* pickle_iter = NULL;
   int useBitmaps, useAutoHint, useHinting, hintStyle, useAntiAlias, useSubpixel;
+  int lcdFilter;
   if (reply.ReadInt(&pickle_iter, &useBitmaps) &&
       reply.ReadInt(&pickle_iter, &useAutoHint) &&
       reply.ReadInt(&pickle_iter, &useHinting) &&
       reply.ReadInt(&pickle_iter, &hintStyle) &&
+      reply.ReadInt(&pickle_iter, &lcdFilter) &&
       reply.ReadInt(&pickle_iter, &useAntiAlias) &&
       reply.ReadInt(&pickle_iter, &useSubpixel)) {
     out->useBitmaps = useBitmaps;
     out->useAutoHint = useAutoHint;
     out->useHinting = useHinting;
     out->hintStyle = hintStyle;
+    out->lcdFilter = lcdFilter;
     out->useAntiAlias = useAntiAlias;
     out->useSubpixel = useSubpixel;
   }
diff -Naur chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/skia/include/core/SkPaint.h chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/skia/include/core/SkPaint.h
--- chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/skia/include/core/SkPaint.h	2010-09-18 10:05:18.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/skia/include/core/SkPaint.h	2010-09-19 21:37:33.265681993 +0200
@@ -96,6 +96,23 @@
         fHinting = hintingLevel;
     }
 
+    enum LCDFilter {
+        kLCDNone              = 0,
+        kLCDDefault           = 1,      //!< this is the default
+        kLCDLight             = 2,
+        kLCDLegacy            = 3,
+    };
+
+    LCDFilter getLCDFilter() const
+    {
+        return static_cast<LCDFilter>(fLCDFilter);
+    }
+
+    void setLCDFilter(LCDFilter filter)
+    {
+        fLCDFilter = filter;
+    }
+
     /** Specifies the bit values that are stored in the paint's flags.
     */
     enum Flags {
@@ -843,6 +860,7 @@
     unsigned        fStyle : 2;
     unsigned        fTextEncoding : 2;  // 3 values
     unsigned        fHinting : 2;
+    unsigned        fLCDFilter : 2;
 
     SkDrawCacheProc    getDrawCacheProc() const;
     SkMeasureCacheProc getMeasureCacheProc(TextBufferDirection dir,
diff -Naur chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/skia/include/core/SkScalerContext.h chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/skia/include/core/SkScalerContext.h
--- chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/skia/include/core/SkScalerContext.h	2010-09-18 10:05:18.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/skia/include/core/SkScalerContext.h	2010-09-19 21:37:33.265681993 +0200
@@ -158,10 +158,15 @@
         kEmbolden_Flag      = 0x80,
         kSubpixelPositioning_Flag = 0x100,
         kAutohinting_Flag   = 0x200,
+        kLCDFilterBit1_Flag = 0x400,
+        kLCDFilterBit2_Flag = 0x800,
     };
 private:
     enum {
-        kHintingMask = kHintingBit1_Flag | kHintingBit2_Flag
+        kHintingMask = kHintingBit1_Flag | kHintingBit2_Flag,
+        kHintingShift = 4,
+        kLCDFilterMask = kLCDFilterBit1_Flag | kLCDFilterBit2_Flag,
+        kLCDFilterShift = 10,
     };
 public:
     struct Rec {
@@ -182,11 +187,19 @@
         void    getSingleMatrix(SkMatrix*) const;
 
         SkPaint::Hinting getHinting() const {
-            return static_cast<SkPaint::Hinting>((fFlags & kHintingMask) >> 4);
+            return static_cast<SkPaint::Hinting>((fFlags & kHintingMask) >> kHintingShift);
         }
 
         void setHinting(SkPaint::Hinting hinting) {
-            fFlags = (fFlags & ~kHintingMask) | (hinting << 4);
+            fFlags = (fFlags & ~kHintingMask) | (hinting << kHintingShift);
+        }
+
+        SkPaint::LCDFilter getLCDFilter() const {
+            return static_cast<SkPaint::LCDFilter>((fFlags & kLCDFilterMask) >> kLCDFilterShift);
+        }
+
+        void setLCDFilter(SkPaint::LCDFilter hinting) {
+            fFlags = (fFlags & ~kLCDFilterMask) | (hinting << kLCDFilterShift);
         }
 
         SkMask::Format getFormat() const {
diff -Naur chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/skia/src/core/SkPaint.cpp chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/skia/src/core/SkPaint.cpp
--- chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/skia/src/core/SkPaint.cpp	2010-09-18 10:06:53.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/skia/src/core/SkPaint.cpp	2010-09-19 21:37:33.266682002 +0200
@@ -1319,6 +1319,7 @@
     rec->fMaskFormat = SkToU8(computeMaskFormat(paint));
     rec->fFlags = SkToU8(flags);
     rec->setHinting(computeHinting(paint));
+    rec->setLCDFilter(paint.getLCDFilter());
     if (paint.isEmbeddedBitmapText())
         rec->fFlags |= SkScalerContext::kEmbeddedBitmapText_Flag;
     if (paint.isSubpixelText())
diff -Naur chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/skia/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/skia/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp
--- chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/skia/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp	2010-09-18 10:06:52.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/skia/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp	2010-09-19 21:37:33.267682015 +0200
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
 #if defined(SK_SUPPORT_LCDTEXT)
     // Setup LCD filtering. This reduces colour fringes for LCD rendered
-    // glyphs.
+    // glyphs. May be overridden based on SkPaint/SkScalerContext settings.
     err = FT_Library_SetLcdFilter(gFTLibrary, FT_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT);
     gLCDSupport = err == 0;
 #endif
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
     SkFixed     fScaleX, fScaleY;
     FT_Matrix   fMatrix22;
     uint32_t    fLoadGlyphFlags;
+    int         fFilterBorder;      // LCDFilter dependent, zero for NONE/LEGACY, one for DEFAULT/LIGHT
 
     FT_Error setupSize();
     void emboldenOutline(FT_Outline* outline);
@@ -403,6 +404,29 @@
                 SkDebugf("---------- UNKNOWN hinting %d\n", fRec.getHinting());
                 break;
             }
+            switch (fRec.getLCDFilter()) {
+            case SkPaint::kLCDNone:
+                // TODO(klausw): is this thread safe? If not, need to create
+                // a separate gFTLibrary instance for each type in use.
+                FT_Library_SetLcdFilter(gFTLibrary, FT_LCD_FILTER_NONE);
+                fFilterBorder = 0;
+                break;
+            case SkPaint::kLCDDefault:
+                FT_Library_SetLcdFilter(gFTLibrary, FT_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT);
+                fFilterBorder = 1;
+                break;
+            case SkPaint::kLCDLight:
+                FT_Library_SetLcdFilter(gFTLibrary, FT_LCD_FILTER_LIGHT);
+                fFilterBorder = 1;
+                break;
+            case SkPaint::kLCDLegacy:
+                FT_Library_SetLcdFilter(gFTLibrary, FT_LCD_FILTER_LEGACY);
+                fFilterBorder = 0;
+                break;
+            default:
+                SkDebugf("---------- UNKNOWN LCDFilter %d\n", fRec.getLCDFilter());
+                break;
+            }
         }
 
         if ((fRec.fFlags & SkScalerContext::kEmbeddedBitmapText_Flag) == 0)
@@ -656,8 +680,8 @@
 #if defined(SK_SUPPORT_LCDTEXT)
 namespace skia_freetype_support {
 // extern functions from SkFontHost_FreeType_Subpixel
-extern void CopyFreetypeBitmapToLCDMask(const SkGlyph& dest, const FT_Bitmap& source);
-extern void CopyFreetypeBitmapToVerticalLCDMask(const SkGlyph& dest, const FT_Bitmap& source);
+extern void CopyFreetypeBitmapToLCDMask(const SkGlyph& dest, const FT_Bitmap& source, const int border);
+extern void CopyFreetypeBitmapToVerticalLCDMask(const SkGlyph& dest, const FT_Bitmap& source, const int border);
 }
 
 using namespace skia_freetype_support;
@@ -722,9 +746,9 @@
                 FT_Render_Glyph(fFace->glyph, mode);
 
                 if (isVertical)
-                    CopyFreetypeBitmapToVerticalLCDMask(glyph, fFace->glyph->bitmap);
+                    CopyFreetypeBitmapToVerticalLCDMask(glyph, fFace->glyph->bitmap, fFilterBorder);
                 else
-                    CopyFreetypeBitmapToLCDMask(glyph, fFace->glyph->bitmap);
+                    CopyFreetypeBitmapToLCDMask(glyph, fFace->glyph->bitmap, fFilterBorder);
 
                 break;
             }
diff -Naur chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/skia/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_Subpixel.cpp chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/skia/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_Subpixel.cpp
--- chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/skia/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_Subpixel.cpp	2010-09-18 10:06:52.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/skia/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_Subpixel.cpp	2010-09-19 21:37:33.267682015 +0200
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
 
 namespace skia_freetype_support {
 
-void CopyFreetypeBitmapToLCDMask(const SkGlyph& dest, const FT_Bitmap& source)
+void CopyFreetypeBitmapToLCDMask(const SkGlyph& dest, const FT_Bitmap& source, const int border)
 {
     // |source| has three alpha values per pixel and has an extra column at the
-    // left and right edges.
+    // left and right edges if border is 1.
 
     //                    ----- <--- a single pixel in the output
     // source .oOo..      |.oO|o..
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@
     //                     .oO o..
 
     uint8_t* output = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(dest.fImage);
-    const unsigned outputPitch = SkAlign4((source.width / 3) - 2);
+    const unsigned outputPitch = SkAlign4((source.width / 3) - 2 * border);
     const uint8_t* input = source.buffer;
 
     // First we calculate the A8 mask.
     for (int y = 0; y < source.rows; ++y) {
         const uint8_t* inputRow = input;
         uint8_t* outputRow = output;
-        inputRow += 3;  // skip the extra column on the left
-        for (int x = 3; x < source.width - 3; x += 3) {
+        inputRow += 3*border;  // skip the extra column on the left
+        for (int x = 3*border; x < source.width - 3*border; x += 3) {
             const uint8_t averageAlpha = (static_cast<unsigned>(inputRow[0]) + inputRow[1] + inputRow[2] + 1) / 3;
             *outputRow++ = averageAlpha;
             inputRow += 3;
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 
     for (int y = 0; y < source.rows; ++y) {
         const uint8_t* inputRow = input;
+        if (!border) *output32++ = 0; // add one column on left
         for (int x = 0; x < source.width; x += 3) {
             const uint8_t alphaRed = isBGR ? inputRow[2] : inputRow[0];
             const uint8_t alphaGreen = inputRow[1];
@@ -83,15 +84,16 @@
 
             inputRow += 3;
         }
+        if (!border) *output32++ = 0; // add one column on right
 
         input += source.pitch;
     }
 }
 
-void CopyFreetypeBitmapToVerticalLCDMask(const SkGlyph& dest, const FT_Bitmap& source)
+void CopyFreetypeBitmapToVerticalLCDMask(const SkGlyph& dest, const FT_Bitmap& source, int border)
 {
     // |source| has three times as many rows as normal, and an extra triple on the
-    // top and bottom.
+    // top and bottom if border is 1.
 
     // source .oOo..      |.|oOo..
     //        .OOO.. -->  |.|OOO..
@@ -104,8 +106,8 @@
     const uint8_t* input = source.buffer;
 
     // First we calculate the A8 mask.
-    input += 3 * source.pitch;   // skip the extra at the beginning
-    for (int y = 3; y < source.rows - 3; y += 3) {
+    input += 3 * source.pitch * border;   // skip the extra at the beginning
+    for (int y = 3 * border; y < source.rows - 3 * border; y += 3) {
         const uint8_t* inputRow = input;
         uint8_t* outputRow = output;
         for (int x = 0; x < source.width; ++x) {
@@ -125,6 +127,9 @@
     const int isBGR = SkFontHost::GetSubpixelOrder() == SkFontHost::kBGR_LCDOrder;
     input = source.buffer;
 
+    if (!border) {
+        for (int x = 0; x < source.width; ++x) *output32++ = 0; // add one row at top
+    }
     for (int y = 0; y < source.rows; y += 3) {
         const uint8_t* inputRow = input;
         for (int x = 0; x < source.width; ++x) {
@@ -138,6 +143,9 @@
 
         input += source.pitch * 3;
     }
+    if (!border) {
+        for (int x = 0; x < source.width; ++x) *output32++ = 0; // add one row at bottom
+    }
 }
 
 }  // namespace skia_freetype_support
diff -Naur chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/WebKit/WebCore/platform/graphics/chromium/FontPlatformDataLinux.cpp chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/WebKit/WebCore/platform/graphics/chromium/FontPlatformDataLinux.cpp
--- chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/WebKit/WebCore/platform/graphics/chromium/FontPlatformDataLinux.cpp	2010-09-18 10:11:01.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/WebKit/WebCore/platform/graphics/chromium/FontPlatformDataLinux.cpp	2010-09-19 21:37:33.268682022 +0200
@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@
         paint->setHinting(static_cast<SkPaint::Hinting>(m_style.hintStyle));
         break;
     }
+    switch (m_style.lcdFilter) {
+    case FontRenderStyle::NoPreference:
+        paint->setHinting(skiaHinting);
+        break;
+    default:
+        paint->setLCDFilter(static_cast<SkPaint::LCDFilter>(m_style.lcdFilter));
+        break;
+    }
 
     paint->setEmbeddedBitmapText(m_style.useBitmaps);
     paint->setTextSize(SkFloatToScalar(ts));
diff -Naur chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/WebKit/WebCore/platform/graphics/chromium/FontRenderStyle.h chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/WebKit/WebCore/platform/graphics/chromium/FontRenderStyle.h
--- chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/WebKit/WebCore/platform/graphics/chromium/FontRenderStyle.h	2010-09-18 10:11:01.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/WebKit/WebCore/platform/graphics/chromium/FontRenderStyle.h	2010-09-19 21:37:33.268682022 +0200
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
           useAutoHint(0),
           useHinting(0),
           hintStyle(0),
+          lcdFilter(0),
           useAntiAlias(0),
           useSubpixel(0) { }
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
             && useAutoHint == a.useAutoHint
             && useHinting == a.useHinting
             && hintStyle == a.hintStyle
+            && lcdFilter == a.lcdFilter
             && useAntiAlias == a.useAntiAlias
             && useSubpixel == a.useSubpixel;
     }
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@
     char useAutoHint; // use 'auto' hinting (FreeType specific)
     char useHinting; // hint glyphs to the pixel grid
     char hintStyle; // level of hinting, 0..3
+    char lcdFilter; // LCD filter style, 0..3
     char useAntiAlias; // antialias glyph shapes
     char useSubpixel; // use subpixel antialias
 };
diff -Naur chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/WebKit/WebKit/chromium/public/linux/WebFontRenderStyle.h chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/WebKit/WebKit/chromium/public/linux/WebFontRenderStyle.h
--- chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/WebKit/WebKit/chromium/public/linux/WebFontRenderStyle.h	2010-09-18 10:09:02.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/WebKit/WebKit/chromium/public/linux/WebFontRenderStyle.h	2010-09-19 21:37:33.268682022 +0200
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     char useAutoHint; // use 'auto' hinting (FreeType specific)
     char useHinting; // hint glyphs to the pixel grid
     char hintStyle; // level of hinting, 0..3
+    char lcdFilter; // LCD filter style, 0..3
     char useAntiAlias; // antialias glyph shapes
     char useSubpixel; // use subpixel antialias
 
diff -Naur chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/WebKit/WebKit/chromium/src/gtk/WebFontInfo.cpp chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/WebKit/WebKit/chromium/src/gtk/WebFontInfo.cpp
--- chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/WebKit/WebKit/chromium/src/gtk/WebFontInfo.cpp	2010-09-18 10:08:48.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/WebKit/WebKit/chromium/src/gtk/WebFontInfo.cpp	2010-09-19 21:37:33.269682023 +0200
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@
         out->useHinting = b;
     if (FcPatternGetInteger(match, FC_HINT_STYLE, 0, &i) == FcResultMatch)
         out->hintStyle = i;
+    if (FcPatternGetInteger(match, FC_LCD_FILTER, 0, &i) == FcResultMatch)
+        out->lcdFilter = i;
     if (FcPatternGetInteger(match, FC_RGBA, 0, &i) == FcResultMatch) {
         switch (i) {
         case FC_RGBA_NONE:
diff -Naur chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/WebKit/WebKit/chromium/src/linux/WebFontRenderStyle.cpp chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/WebKit/WebKit/chromium/src/linux/WebFontRenderStyle.cpp
--- chromium-7.0.528.0.orig/third_party/WebKit/WebKit/chromium/src/linux/WebFontRenderStyle.cpp	2010-09-18 10:08:51.000000000 +0200
+++ chromium-7.0.528.0/third_party/WebKit/WebKit/chromium/src/linux/WebFontRenderStyle.cpp	2010-09-19 21:37:33.269682023 +0200
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     out->useAutoHint = useAutoHint;
     out->useHinting = useHinting;
     out->hintStyle = hintStyle;
+    out->lcdFilter = lcdFilter;
     out->useAntiAlias = useAntiAlias;
     out->useSubpixel = useSubpixel;
 }
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
     useAutoHint = 2;
     useHinting = 2;
     hintStyle = 0;
+    lcdFilter = 1;
     useAntiAlias = 2;
     useSubpixel = 2;
 }