The openSUSE guys wrote test programs showing the problem and also tracked down why it works in Gnome so yes this is definitely an upstream fontconfig bug.
Chris ** Bug watch added: Novell/SUSE Bugzilla #379991 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=379991 ** Also affects: opensuse via https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=379991 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Bold, Italics, and Bold Italics not in English on Fonts menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105900 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