It looks like it's this file: /etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf
That's causing the problems. If that file is removed, then everything goes back to the happy defaults from before (arial -> Deja Vu Sans, etc.) I'm not sure what 30-metric-aliases.conf is trying to do, but it's definitely messing up the aliases and leading to a degraded out of the box experience. -- bad default aliasing for 'arial' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203824 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