Comment 4 for bug 744812

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

On 29/03/11 21:13, David Marshall wrote:
> The simple fix is to untie the Light and Medium, but a better fix would
> be to get the preferred name support as good as it is on other platforms
> and applications. As a user I'd definitely prefer the latter.

Agreed. If what you're saying is:

  * on Windows, installing these fonts shows the simplistic two-face
option in Word, and the sophisticated one-face-multiple-weights option
in Photoshop
 * same one Mac

... then we basically have a problem in Ubuntu and it's apps / toolkits
that needs fixing.

Mark