OpenOffice.org Font LCD Filter not respected in Xubuntu
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Xfwm4 |
Unknown
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Unknown
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xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Lionel Le Folgoc |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: openoffice.org
Hello,
The Sub-Pixel smoothed fonts looks different in OpenOffice.org compared to other applications. The fonts look very nice and smooth in GTK+ apps but not in OpenOffice.org Fonts do look anti-aliased, but it appears more blocky for some reason. In order to fix the problem, running the command :
echo "Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault" >> ~/.Xresources
I think that the fix should be implemented in future versions for a better user experience. Also, if you install Ubuntu instead of Xubuntu, run the OpenOffice.org application, you will not get any font smoothing problems in Xfce installed via xfce4-desktop package. The problem happens when the xubuntu-gdm-theme is installed, which seems to run set-gconf-defaults and causes the problems in font smoothing. Removing the package doesn't fix the problem.
Also, the following doesn't fix the problem :
Removing home folder configuration for xfce, gconf and openoffice.
Finally, I think the reason why this problem isn't in gnome is because it is taken care of via gnome-settings-
Related branches
tags: | added: xubuntu |
Changed in null: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
affects: | openoffice.org (Ubuntu) → xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu) |
Changed in xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
Changed in xubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit) |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
no longer affects: | null |
Thank you for this bug report. Is OpenOffice the only application with the font issue? bugzilla. xfce.org/ show_bug. cgi?id= 3773 the same issue?
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