Imagination is everything! The RGBA patch didn't seem to change anything - no matter what (with Xrdb, fonts.conf) font rendering always stays on rgb.
The radiance problem was text shadows. Please see attached screenshot of screenshots: it's color enhanced. The upper part is a menu bar item with text-shadow the lower one without. Here is an overview of the changes: /usr/share/themes/Radiance$ grep -iR text-shadow *gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@bg_color, 1.04); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@button_bg_color, 1.25), 0.4); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@button_bg_color, 1.25), 0.2); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@button_bg_color, 1.25), 0.4); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@button_bg_color, 1.25), 0.2); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@bg_color, 1.25), 0.4); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.6); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.8); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@selected_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.6); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@bg_color, 1.14); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@selected_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@bg_color, 1.25), 0.5); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@selected_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@bg_color, 1.25), 0.5); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@button_bg_color, 1.25), 0.4); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@button_bg_color, 1.25), 0.2); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.9); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.6); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@bg_color, 1.25), 0.5); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.1); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.1); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@selected_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@bg_color, 1.14); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.1); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.1); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.25), 0.32); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css.orig: text-shadow: 1px 0 shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.06), -1px 0 shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.06), gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css.orig: text-shadow: 1px 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.08), -1px 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.08), gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css.orig: text-shadow: 1px 0 shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.06), -1px 0 shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.06), gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 1px 1px alpha (#000000, 0.8); gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@cluebar_color, 1.06); gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@cluebar_color, 1.02); gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (shade (@bg_color, 0.95), 1.04); gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (shade (@bg_color, 0.95), 1.02); gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@selected_bg_color, 0.8); gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (shade (@bg_color, 0.95), 0.96); gtk-3.0/apps/unity-greeter.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css: text-shadow: none, none; gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css: text-shadow: none, none; gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css: text-shadow: none, none; gtk-3.0/apps/gnome-panel.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/gnome-panel.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.08); gtk-3.0/apps/gnome-panel.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/gnome-panel.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; mt@nPong:/usr/share/themes/Radiance$ PLEASE consider using bold fonts with backgrounds instead of text shadows. ** Attachment added: "With and W/o glowing text shadows" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1465340/+attachment/4415402/+files/glowing-text-shadow.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1465340 Title: Unity Radiance Menu Bar Should Stop Radiating To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1465340/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
