diff --git a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp
index 45ae7ec..3d6b574 100644
--- a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp
+++ b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #include "SkTemplates.h"
 #include "SkThread.h"
 
+#if defined(SK_CAN_USE_DLOPEN)
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#endif
 #include <ft2build.h>
 #include FT_FREETYPE_H
 #include FT_OUTLINE_H
@@ -83,23 +86,51 @@
 static bool         gLCDSupport;  // true iff LCD is supported by the runtime.
 static int          gLCDExtra;  // number of extra pixels for filtering.
 
+// FT_Library_SetLcdFilterWeights was introduced in FreeType 2.4.0.
+// The following platforms provide FreeType of at least 2.4.0.
+// Ubuntu >= 11.04 (previous deprecated April 2013)
+// Debian >= 6.0 (good)
+// OpenSuse >= 11.4 (previous deprecated January 2012 / Nov 2013 for Evergreen 11.2)
+// Fedora >= 14 (good)
+// Android >= Gingerbread (good)
+typedef FT_Error (*FT_Library_SetLcdFilterWeightsProc)(FT_Library, unsigned char*);
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-static bool
-InitFreetype() {
+static bool InitFreetype() {
     FT_Error err = FT_Init_FreeType(&gFTLibrary);
     if (err) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    // Setup LCD filtering. This reduces colour fringes for LCD rendered
-    // glyphs.
+    // Setup LCD filtering. This reduces color fringes for LCD smoothed glyphs.
 #ifdef FT_LCD_FILTER_H
-    err = FT_Library_SetLcdFilter(gFTLibrary, FT_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT);
-//    err = FT_Library_SetLcdFilter(gFTLibrary, FT_LCD_FILTER_LIGHT);
-    gLCDSupport = err == 0;
-    if (gLCDSupport) {
-        gLCDExtra = 2; //DEFAULT and LIGHT add one pixel to each side.
+    //Use light as default, as FT_LCD_FILTER_DEFAULT adds up to 0x110.
+    err = FT_Library_SetLcdFilter(gFTLibrary, FT_LCD_FILTER_LIGHT);
+    if (0 == err) {
+        gLCDSupport = true;
+        gLCDExtra = 2; //Using a filter adds one full pixel to each side.
+
+        static unsigned char gaussianLikeWeights[] = { 0x17, 0x40, 0x52, 0x40, 0x17 };
+        //static unsigned char triangleLikeWeights[] = { 0x1C, 0x39, 0x56, 0x39, 0x1C };
+
+#if defined(SK_FONTHOST_FREETYPE_RUNTIME_VERSION) && \
+            SK_FONTHOST_FREETYPE_RUNTIME_VERSION > 0x020400
+        err = FT_Library_SetLcdFilterWeights(gFTLibrary, gaussianLikeWeights);
+#elif defined(SK_CAN_USE_DLOPEN) && SK_CAN_USE_DLOPEN == 1
+        //The FreeType library is already loaded, so symbols are available in process.
+        void* self = dlopen(NULL, RTLD_LAZY);
+        if (NULL != self) {
+            FT_Library_SetLcdFilterWeightsProc setLcdFilterWeights;
+            //The following cast is non-standard, but safe for POSIX.
+            *reinterpret_cast<void**>(&setLcdFilterWeights) = dlsym(self, "FT_Library_SetLcdFilterWeights");
+            dlclose(self);
+
+            if (NULL != setLcdFilterWeights) {
+                err = setLcdFilterWeights(gFTLibrary, gaussianLikeWeights);
+            }
+        }
+#endif
     }
 #else
     gLCDSupport = false;
@@ -610,7 +641,7 @@
     if (rec->fTextSize > SkIntToScalar(1 << 14)) {
       rec->fTextSize = SkIntToScalar(1 << 14);
     }
-
+    
     if (!gLCDSupportValid) {
         InitFreetype();
         FT_Done_FreeType(gFTLibrary);