Yes you are right, it's not limited to condensed font variant. And it's not limited to Ubuntu as I hit the exact same issue in Budgie 23.04 ( which does not make use of gnome-shell but does use mutter and some other gnome components. )
** Also affects: budgie-desktop (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2019906 Title: 23.04 : condensed, bold and black fonts can't be used for interface and title bar To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/budgie-desktop/+bug/2019906/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs