It could be a freetype bug, seeing that another freetyped-based program for Windows, gdipp, seems to suffer from the same problem? (http://code.google.com/p/gdipp/issues/detail?id=151) And over there, it renders correctly in the word processor too (Microsoft Word).
** Bug watch added: code.google.com/p/gdipp/issues #151 http://code.google.com/p/gdipp/issues/detail?id=151 ** Attachment added: "Takao Gothic 10pt to 24pt in GTK test app" https://bugs.launchpad.net/takao-fonts/+bug/779194/+attachment/2118956/+files/multitest-GTK.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779194 Title: fixed-width japanese renders differently from other GTK/QT apps -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs