default gtk+1.2 font does not render umlauts etc. correctly
Bug #59936 reported by
Sebastian Brocks
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gtk+1.2 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The defalut gtk+1.2 font does not render umlauts correctly, e.g. in the german-translated version of XMMS. Setting another font via gtkrc.mine, eg. bitstream vera sans works, but users should not have to do that.
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Hi All,
I have some more information about this item and a fix.
A default ubuntu install (I'm using edgy in this example) does not install gtk1.2 by default.
When an application is added (say xmms) that is dependant on gtk1.2, the libgtk1.2-common package gets installed which provides the system defaults
http:// packages. ubuntu. com/edgy/ misc/libgtk1. 2-common
Problems with the defaults are
#1 it uses a font which looks terrible without anti-alising, and is too big
#2 the default style belongs in the 1980's
althought most gtk apps have migrated to gtk2 by now, there's quite a few commercial apps that use gtk1.2 still - and why do we want commercial apps to look so ordinary???