The README for fonts-liberation2 says: * This is fonts-liberation v2 packaged in a separate source package. The binary package is co-installable with fonts-liberation v1 by installing the actual TTF files into a different directory (i.e. /usr/share/fonts/truetype/liberation2). Since the v1 and v2 fonts share the same family names, fontconfig with its default configuration will always prefer the v2 variants because of their higher version numbers and wider glyph coverage. This way, it is possible to override fonts-liberation v1 for most applications using fontforge (and not explicitly accessing the fonts by full path) while still keeping the v1 Sans Narrow variant available.
So there is a reason to install both, except that it's a shame that liberation2 introduces a regression in the hinting capabilities. I don't think many people use non-AA'd hinted fonts like me and let's not forget it was just an unlucky counter example from my side. So I'd stick with both packages in the seed and have Liberation Sans Narrow as a perk. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Documentation Packages, which is subscribed to fonts-ubuntu in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2017573 Title: Font hinting broken on 23.04 Status in fonts-ubuntu package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just upgraded my laptops to Kubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster and hinting for all non-commercial fonts seems broken. I used to have decent if not perfect hinting on Ubuntu and Ubuntu Mono font, but now the only fonts that still hint correctly are Microsoft's Verdana and Tahoma etc. Not sure whether the devide is exactly along this line, but it stands out. Tried regenerating font cache (fc-cache -rv) but that didn't help. Operating System: Kubuntu 23.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 Kernel Version: 6.3.0 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz Memory: 31.1 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics Manufacturer: Notebook Product Name: N141CU System Version: Not Applicable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fonts-ubuntu/+bug/2017573/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~documentation-packages Post to : documentation-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~documentation-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp