Ubuntu's dialogs have corrupted font

Bug #1435694 reported by NoBugs!
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xorg (Ubuntu)
Expired
Medium
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Bug Description

Starting just today, I noticed some really goofy font corruption on dialogs. I see it in Nautilus, Rhythmbox, Firefox etc. See attached for screenshot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-46.79-generic 3.13.11-ckt15
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-46-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Tue Mar 24 00:18:32 2015
DistUpgraded: 2014-04-19 04:44:12,758 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:054e]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-23 (485 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS L521X
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-46-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=8e997c12-0ee0-422b-a7e4-a7cb0a74f38f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-19 (338 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/17/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A16
dmi.board.name: 0C5Y96
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A16
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA16:bd12/17/2013:svnDellInc.:pnXPSL521X:pvrA16:rvnDellInc.:rn0C5Y96:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA16:
dmi.product.name: XPS L521X
dmi.product.version: A16
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150122-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.56-1~ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.4
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Sun Mar 22 14:18:48 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 4333
 vendor AUO
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7

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NoBugs! (luke32j) wrote :
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

NoBugs!, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Could you please test http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ and advise to the results?

Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for xorg (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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