Comment 3 for bug 1772694

@vorlon - Sorry to say, but this is the incorrect way to go forward.
Fact of the matter is that this indeed is a bug/ issue with the way 18.04 handles fonts.
Just closing it or setting it to invalid does NOT make it go away.
Nor does arguing on the "correct definition" of abhorrent, unproductive system behaviour.

Reports coming in of folks who in trust upgraded to 18.04 (LTS) do report (e.g. on git) all kind of issues with font rendering. The issue appears connected to libfreetype6 2.8.*, which seem to resolve with either upgrading to 2.9, or downgrading (if possible) to e.g. xenials 2.6 version.
Having installed Xubuntu 18.04 LTS myself this week on a precursor evaluation system (not VM) before applying to production boxen, I can confirm font handling is definitely off on 18.04 LTS. Sizes change all by themselves, and user settings are disregarded and reset upon reboot. These issues are so frequent and significant, that for us this marks 18.04 LTS currently as highly unstable and unreliable, thus holding any transitions from 16.04.