diff -up mate-settings-daemon-2.28.1/data/desktop_mate_font_rendering.schemas.in.slight-hinting mate-settings-daemon-2.28.1/data/desktop_mate_font_rendering.schemas.in
--- mate-settings-daemon-2.28.1/data/desktop_mate_font_rendering.schemas.in.slight-hinting	2009-10-26 17:39:06.045797092 -0400
+++ mate-settings-daemon-2.28.1/data/desktop_mate_font_rendering.schemas.in	2009-10-26 17:39:45.649802771 -0400
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	    <applyto>/desktop/mate/font_rendering/hinting</applyto>
             <owner>mate</owner>
 	    <type>string</type>
-            <default>medium</default>
+            <default>slight</default>
             <locale name="C">
 	        <short>Hinting</short>
                 <long>