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!
Martin
