Some Arial characters have serifes in 16.04
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xfonts-base (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Some of Arial's special characters are rendered with serifes in 16.04, as shown in this image attached
In 14.04, the characters in the circles did not have serifes and were rendered like normal Arial characters (with a circle around).
I also attached an image which was rendered with Arial in 14.04, looking much more like Arial.
At any time, I had package ttf-mscorefonts
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xfonts-base 1:1.0.4+nmu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback
Date: Tue Jul 19 00:56:46 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-29 (597 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: xfonts-base
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-06-15 (33 days ago)
| Thomas Mayer (thomas303) wrote | #1 |
| Thomas Mayer (thomas303) wrote | #2 |
| Thomas Mayer (thomas303) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in xfonts-base (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
I reported this issue to LibreOffice upstream and further tracked it down.
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As it turned out, I could solve it by installing a font-package and clearing the font cache (documented in my upstream bug report).
As it turned out, this is not an issue at all. Not in LibreOffice and not in ubuntu.
The only thing is that it happened after upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04. So maybe the update process could be slightly improved. At least a fresh install of ubuntu 16.04 behaves correct out-of-the-box.