FWIW, and unsurprisingly, the claws-mail mailing list doesn't think there's a bug in that application. I've had to change fonts to Droid Sans 11 for folders and message lists, and Ubuntu Mono 13 for the message window. It's not what I want, but it's tolerable.
I have noticed other geometry changes with gnome terminal and Emacs, and have had to adjust some settings, but so far I haven't had to actually change the font of either of them. I understand the rationale for backing this patch out, but it does seem to have some negative side- effects for me. My understanding is that the patch caused problems for other people though. I suspect we'll have to wait (perhaps in vain) for a font expert to dig into the issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to freetype in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1547196 Title: Removal of revert_scalable_fonts_metric.patch causes ugliness in Claws-Mail Status in freetype package in Ubuntu: New Status in freetype package in Debian: New Bug description: This is mostly a tracking bug for this discussion on ubuntu-devel: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu- devel/2016-February/039224.html The following precise-era patch was recently removed from freetype: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu- branches/ubuntu/wily/freetype/wily/view/head:/debian/patches- freetype/revert_scalable_fonts_metric.patch which caused a number of visual effects in various applications. In Emacs, the lines get vertically closer so that more lines are visible on screen. This is subtle and doesn't look too bad otherwise. However, in Claws-Mail several negative effects were noticed. The lines in the Summary window are more squished together and the characters appear squished too. This is with Sans 10 font. This is less readable. In the Message window it's worse. There I use Ubuntu Mono 14. The problem isn't the vertical spacing, but the horizontal spacing. Now there is more space between characters and that actually makes the window less readable. I will contact the upstream Claws mailing list to see if they have any thoughts. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: libfreetype6 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-6.21-generic 4.4.1 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-6-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Feb 18 14:34:57 2016 Dependencies: gcc-6-base 6-20160217-0ubuntu1 libc6 2.21-0ubuntu6 libgcc1 1:6-20160217-0ubuntu1 libpng12-0 1.2.54-1ubuntu1 zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-22 (27 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160117) SourcePackage: freetype UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1547196/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
