Font hinting appears broken on 18.04
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Qt |
New
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Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
freetype (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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High
|
Unassigned | ||
qtbase-opensource-src (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
It appears that font hinting in 17.10 (beta) doesn't work as expected. The issue is easy to miss if you have antialiasing enabled system-wise. However, if you install "gnome-tweak-tool" and disable antialiasing there, the problem becomes obvious.
Here is how it looks on 17.10 beta:
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And here is how it looks on my 16.04 machine (and this is pretty much how it's supposed to look):
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* When comparing the pictures make sure you "Open image in new tab" and see them without browser zoom, otherwise the problem may no be obvious.
I suspect that this issue is caused by a bug in some base font rendering package that Ubuntu uses (edit: the problem is probably caused by FreeType 2.8.0, see my comments below). A couple of months ago a similar issue was reported (and promptly fixed) in Chromium after they had changed something in FreeType rendering (https:/
lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Artful Aardvark (development branch)
Release: 17.10
tags: | added: artful |
Changed in freetype (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in freetype (Ubuntu Artful): | |
milestone: | none → artful-updates |
Changed in qtbase-opensource-src (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in qtbase-opensource-src (Ubuntu Artful): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → High |
summary: |
- Font hinting appears broken on 17.10 beta + Font hinting appears broken on 18.04 |
tags: | added: bionic |
no longer affects: | freetype (Ubuntu Artful) |
no longer affects: | qtbase-opensource-src (Ubuntu Artful) |
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