Public bug reported:
I suspect there are many users using "Subpixel" and "Full hinting" as their
font setting.
On a hardy system (install from Alpha 6, up to date 3/18/2008), the
default fontconfig settings are set up so that 'Nimbuas Sans L" becomes
the default alias for 'arial'. This can be confirmed by running:
fc-match 'arial'
on the command line.
Nimbus Sans L has no hinting support, so under the default font
settings, it looks terrible. All web pages in firefox that specify
'arial' directly get rendered with this ugly font.
'arial' should probably get aliased to deja vu sans as in previous
releases. This is one of the few fonts that look good with 'full'
hinting settings.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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bad default aliasing for 'arial'
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203824
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