Removal of revert_scalable_fonts_metric.patch causes ugliness in Claws-Mail
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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freetype (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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freetype (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This is mostly a tracking bug for this discussion on ubuntu-devel:
https:/
The following precise-era patch was recently removed from freetype:
which caused a number of visual effects in various applications. In Emacs, the lines get vertically closer so that more lines are visible on screen. This is subtle and doesn't look too bad otherwise.
However, in Claws-Mail several negative effects were noticed. The lines in the Summary window are more squished together and the characters appear squished too. This is with Sans 10 font. This is less readable.
In the Message window it's worse. There I use Ubuntu Mono 14. The problem isn't the vertical spacing, but the horizontal spacing. Now there is more space between characters and that actually makes the window less readable.
I will contact the upstream Claws mailing list to see if they have any thoughts.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libfreetype6 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-6-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Feb 18 14:34:57 2016
Dependencies:
gcc-6-base 6-20160217-0ubuntu1
libc6 2.21-0ubuntu6
libgcc1 1:6-20160217-
libpng12-0 1.2.54-1ubuntu1
zlib1g 1:1.2.8.
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-22 (27 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160117)
SourcePackage: freetype
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Changed in freetype (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in freetype (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in freetype (Debian): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
for me this change makes the terminal experience much worse, can't fit as wide terminals on the screen as before
so is this a font bug now?