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! Martin
