KMail message list always uses Ubuntu font for certain items

[Patrick Wigmore]

On a fresh installation of Kubuntu 12.04:

Expected behaviour:
KMail's message list uses the KDE system font settings to determine how to display text items in the message list and might include the ability for the user to override this within KMail if desired, but would not override it by default.

Actual behaviour:
KMail's message list uses the KDE system font settings only for some items within the message list. The rest of the items are always displayed in the Ubuntu font and always at the same point size, regardless of the system font settings. Items affected include the second line of information (sender and date), seen when using the "Fancy" theme, and any message group names.

This bug was not present in KMail in Kubuntu 11.10 or earlier.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: kmail 4:4.8.2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 26 16:04:56 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/kmail
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: kdepim
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Patrick Wigmore (patrick-wigmore)]

Marked bug as invalid, because it is possible to configure the software to achieve the expected behaviour. The fonts described are defined by the Message List Theme in KMail. The theme can be configured to follow the KDE font settings by creating a new Message List Theme (e.g. by cloning the existing one) and specifying the font for each item in the theme to be "Default" rather than a specific font.