I had the same Problem. The monospace-font in konsole looked ugly after upgrade from 17.04. Same with freetype 2.8.1. Then I downgraded libfreetype to 2.6.3 as HorstBort mentioned, and konsole looks nice again. Here the description how I managed it:
1. add 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ zesty main restricted universe multiverse' in '/etc/apt/sources.list' 2. create the file '/etc/apt/preferences' with the following contents: --- Package: libfreetype6:amd64 Pin: version 2.6.3* Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: * Pin: release v=17.04, l=Ubuntu Pin-Priority: -1 Package: libfreetype6:i386 Pin: version 2.6.3* Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: * Pin: release v=17.04, l=Ubuntu Pin-Priority: -1 --- 3. apt-get update -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1722508 Title: Font hinting appears broken on 17.10 beta To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1722508/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
