Public bug reported: 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) ** Affects: freetype (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1547196 Title: Removal of revert_scalable_fonts_metric.patch causes ugliness in Claws-Mail To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1547196/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
