Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04

Dear Martin, dear Craig,


Am 04.05.23 um 15:05 schrieb Craig:
> this was exactly my observation as well... remove fonts-liberation2. 
> it's increasingly
> difficult with containerization/snaps, etc.
> 
> r,
> -craig
> 
> On 5/4/23 03:33, Martin van Es wrote:
>> On Thursday, May 4, 2023 9:52:43 AM CEST Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>>> I think you misremember, for the reason mentioned above – just to be
>>> sure I've checked now that this variation font has no B/W hinting
>>> instructions.  Its hinting was certainly equally bad with an older
>>> version of FreeType.
>> Ok, I solved the problem. There were many coincidences playing a role 
>> in the
>> original report.
>>
>> For starters the (real) regression in fonts-ubuntu triggered my 
>> attention, but
>> unlucky testing against Liberation Sans revealed a change in hinting 
>> between
>> fonts-liberation and fonts-liberation2, which wasn't installed on my 
>> reference
>> system. fonts-liberation2 lacks proper hinting (which showed on my 23.04
>> system) but fonts-liberation is properly hinted (on the 22.04 
>> machine). Once
>> installed, fonts-liberation2 overrides all Liberation fonts, except for
>> Liberation Sans Narrow.
>>
>> Removing fonts-liberation2 and downgrading fonts-ubuntu to fonts-
>> ubuntu_0.83-6ubuntu1_all.deb seems to solve all the reported problems.
>>
>> My apologies for the noise and thanks for adding your thoughts to this!

Are the Ubuntu folks aware of this problem? If not, please create an 
issue in their (or Debian’s?) bug tracker [1].


Kind regards,

Paul


[1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/