Public bug reported:

After a fresh installation of Xubuntu I spent a day trying to properly
configure my font rendering. However no matter what settings I put in
/etc/fonts/*, the lcd-filter setting seemed to be ignored. I finally
found that the default .Xdefaults file which is placed in the user's
homedir after installation contains the following lines:

---8<---------
! Xft settings -------------------------------------------
Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.antalias: true
Xft.rgba: rgb
Xft.hinting: true
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
-->8------

This prevents any system settings (such as for example
/etc/fonts/local.conf) from taking effect. Also for example the font
configuration guide at
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration will not work as
expected.

The default configuration in the user's homedir should not override the system 
defaults, instead these defaults should be
place directly in the system configuration file. If the user wishes to change 
or override the system setting he or she can do so himself, without being 
surprised by default, hidden, configuration files.

Additional information:
Installed xubuntu-11.10-oneiric x86

** Affects: ubuntu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: xubuntu-default-settings

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  Default .Xdefaults file overrides system .Xft settings

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