Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31596
Comment: Adding the following lines to fonts.conf solves the problem: <!-- Alias well known Type1 font names to metric-equivalent TrueType fonts --> <alias> <family>Times</family> <accept><family>FreeSerif</family></accept> </alias> <alias> <family>Helvetica</family> <accept><family>FreeSans</family></accept> </alias> <alias> <family>Courier</family> <accept><family>FreeMono</family></accept> </alias> <alias> <family>Symbol</family> <accept><family>Standard Symbols L</family></accept> </alias> I think these fonts are metrically equivalent to the Adobe fonts. The alias for Symbol is necessary for some PDF files that use Times- compatible math fonts without embedding them. After this change, the command fc-match Times gives: FreeSerif.ttf: "FreeSerif" "Medium" instead of: VeraSe.ttf: "Bitstream Vera Serif" "Roman". Then the svn-book.pdf file that Vincent Trouilliez identified as a problem looks fine under evince, as do the others I've tested. I don't think it's necessary to substitute the Microsoft equivalents of these fonts (like SUSE does), even if the msttcorefonts package is installed. Substituting Times New Roman for Times, in particular, look worse than substituting FreeSerif in my humble opinion. See attached screenshots. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs