This isn't a duplicate. The problem is caused by 29-language-selector- ja-jp.conf which enables the autohinter. This gives ugly results with some fonts (which have good hints), for example with the Microsoft fonts (Arial, Verdana, ...).
It's possible to work around this with $(HOME)/.fonts.conf but I don't think the autohinter should be enabled globally. <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <fontconfig> <match target="font" > <edit name="autohint" mode="assign"> <bool>false</bool> </edit> </fontconfig> -- [hardy] fonts have had different properties since update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/199557 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs