Ubuntu
freetype package

Small fonts xenial

Bug #1613450 reported by Yanpas
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This bug affects 7 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
freetype (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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Bug Description

After upgrading from trusty (and from wily too) to xenial fonts have become smaller.
The screenshot http://imgur.com/a/7TR9b
User with the same problem https://askubuntu.com/questions/781430/font-or-windows-scaling-changed-between-15-10-and-16-04

See also: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1547196

Tags: xenial
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Yanpas (yanpaso) wrote :

After installing libfreetype from wily bug has gone away.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in freetype (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Kirill Zhumarin (zhumarin) wrote :

Hm... i has same bug and i find workaroud:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1658358

Vlad Orlov (monsta)
tags: added: xenial
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Hugh McMaster (hmcmaster) wrote :

Fixed upstream in FreeType 2.8+. Closing.

Changed in freetype (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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