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fontconfig package

fontconfig-2.8.0-2.2ubuntu1 causes font rendering regression in Firefox

Bug #804249 reported by Michael Marley on 2011-07-01

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	fontconfig (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Steve Langasek

Bug Description

After upgrading to fontconfig-2.8.0-2.2ubuntu1 (and fontconfig-2.8.0-3ubuntu1) in Kubuntu Oneiric, I have noticed that fonts in Firefox look significantly worse than before. I will attach images to demonstrate what I mean.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/oneiric/fontconfig

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Michael Marley (mamarley) wrote on 2011-07-01:

old.png Edit (165.9 KiB, image/png)

This image is Firefox rendering the fonts properly with the old version of fontconfig.

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Michael Marley (mamarley) wrote on 2011-07-01:

This image is Firefox rendering the fonts badly with the new version of fontconfig.

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Michael Marley (mamarley) wrote on 2011-07-01:

new.png Edit (150.9 KiB, image/png)

Brian Murray (brian-murray) on 2011-07-01

Changed in fontconfig (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Steve Langasek (vorlon)
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-07-01:

This bug was fixed in the package fontconfig - 2.8.0-3ubuntu1

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fontconfig (2.8.0-3ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Restore Debian delta, mistakenly dropped in the previous sync
    (LP: #804249):
    - fix buildd bustage by ignoring errors in postinst and prerm (taken
      from debian NMU by Riku Voipio <email address hidden>)
      - add debian/fontconfig.prerm
      - update debian/fontconfig.postinst
    - debian/fontconfig-config.postinst: drop debconf transition;
      we remove conf.d links for hinting, subpixel and bitmap configs
      and stop looking at debconf, excluding 70-no-bitmaps.conf.
    - debian/fontconfig-config.postinst: also exclude 70-no-bitmaps.conf
      from "drop debconf transition" to ensure that it doesn't get removed
      automatically
      - keep adding it in CONF_FILES through 07_no_bitmaps.patch as well.
    - debian/patches/00_old_diff_gz.patch:
      - add MgOpen Moderna family to 40-nonlatin.conf
      - reorder Bitstream Vera and DejaVu families in 60-latin.conf
    - debian/patches/00_old_diff_gz.patch,
      debian/patches/04_ubuntu_monospace_lcd_filter_conf.patch,
      debian/patches/05_ubuntu_add_hinting_and_antialiasing_confs.patch:
      - add extra config files:
        - antialias and hinting.
        - 52-languageselector.conf
        - 53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf
    - debian/patches/05_lcdfilterlegacy.patch: Recognize const value
      "lcdfilterlegacy", introduced before upstream did introduce "lcdlegacy"
    - debian/patches/06_ubuntu_lcddefault.patch: set lcddefault as default
    - drop debian/fontconfig-config.templates, debian/fontconfig-config.config,
      and associtated po files.
    - purge debconf database when upgrading from previous versions.
-- Steve Langasek <email address hidden> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:06:30 +0100