Comment 2 for bug 744812

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Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote : Re: [Bug 744812] Re: Kubuntu hinting medium seems to break ubuntu-font appearance

There are definitely issues with both Ubuntu and Ubuntu Light installed.

We are trying to set things up so:

 * sophisticated apps that can handle multiple weights see one face,
"Ubuntu", with the weights Light, Medium, Regular, and Bold.
 * normal apps that can only handle "regular and bold" for a face, see
two faces: Ubuntu (Regular and Bold) and Ubuntu Light (Regular and
Bold). The Ubuntu Light Bold is of course Medium.

This *should* be possible, but it seems either we've misread the
relevant documentation for OpenType, or there are bugs in the various
font subsystems, or both. Thanks for the bug report. Paul Sladen will
have more thoughts shortly, I think! Any font experts willing to comment?