Hi Tjeerd, the upstream bug seems to indicate that Themes might play a role. I can see the effect only (on GNOME) when switching to the FreeCAD Dark theme, when using the FreeCAD Classic or FreeCAD Light theme everything seems to be fine.
-- In the hope this helps, tobi On Sat, Aug 22, 2026 at 09:56:11PM +0200, T. J. Pinkert wrote: > Package: freecad > Version: 1.0.0+dfsg-8+deb13u2 > Severity: normal > Tags: upstream > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] > > Dear Maintainer, > > Opening an new Spreadsheet and typing text in it (default font color Black > #000000), the text shows white on white and is not visible. > Upon darkening the color e.g. to #000001, the font shows. > This makes working with the Spreadsheet for parametric modeling extremely > annoying / cumbersome. > > It is known upstream: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/issues/16950 > It would be appreciated if stable/backports got patched / updated early when > the issue is fixed. > > Best regards, > > > Tjeerd > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 13.6 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, > 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 6.12.101+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, > TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), > LANGUAGE=en_US:en > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > Versions of packages freecad depends on: > ii freecad-python3 1.0.0+dfsg-8+deb13u2 > ii python3 3.13.5-1 > > Versions of packages freecad recommends: > pn calculix-ccx <none> > ii graphviz 2.42.4-3 > ii python3-opencamlib 2023.01.11-5+b3 > > Versions of packages freecad suggests: > pn povray <none> > > -- no debconf information
