@mrvanes: Picking the appropriate affected package is sometimes a trial and error exercise. This bug is an example of that.
Possibly plasma-desktop isn't the right package. But OTOH that's where we see the issue, i.e. the refusal to honor the font hinting value. And by picking plasma-desktop, the Kubuntu developers will see this bug. In the end we may conclude that it should be reported upstream. But which upstream? Well, my belief is that the Kubuntu devs have the best insight in that respect. I have played a little more with my Kubuntu 23.04 installation. While it apparently recognizes fontconfig's setting with respect to hinting, I can confirm that the setting is not honored when rendering. Since it's a VM, sending screenshots is a bit tricky, so I won't do that. I think you already have provided sufficient evidence which supports the existence of an issue. @Dmitriy: Since you haven't opposed my reply to you, I dropped gnome- desktop as an affected package. If you experience font rendering issues in Ubuntu/GNOME, please file a separate bug about that. ** No longer affects: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: plasma-desktop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2017573 Title: Font hinting broken on Plasma 23.04 Status in plasma-desktop package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just upgraded my laptops to Kubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster and hinting for all non-commercial fonts seems broken. I used to have decent if not perfect hinting on Ubuntu and Ubuntu Mono font, but now the only fonts that still hint correctly are Microsoft's Verdana and Tahoma etc. Not sure whether the devide is exactly along this line, but it stands out. Tried regenerating font cache (fc-cache -rv) but that didn't help. Operating System: Kubuntu 23.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 Kernel Version: 6.3.0 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz Memory: 31.1 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics Manufacturer: Notebook Product Name: N141CU System Version: Not Applicable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-desktop/+bug/2017573/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
