https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=457904
Bug ID: 457904
Summary: when using Noto Serif Serif font, sometimes Display
Bold is used instead of (Regular) Bold, which is hard
to read at small sizes
Product: Breeze
Version: 5.25.4
Platform: Archlinux Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: bugs.kde....@derflupp.e4ward.com
CC: uhh...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 151328
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=151328&action=edit
screenshots of System Settings/Appearance/Global Theme using different font
configurations
When Noto Serif is configured as a font in System Settings/Appearance/Fonts,
some bold text is rendered using Display Bold instead of (Regular) Bold
typeface. Unfortunately, Noto Serif Display Bold is hard to read at small font
sizes (as display typefaces are intended for large typesetting in general
AFAIU).
Note: When Noto Sans is configured, it seems bold text is consistently rendered
using (Regular) Bold.
The attachments show the same UI element (System Settings/Appearance/Global
Theme) using different font configurations as indicated by the filenames. Note:
For the left text, for Noto Sans, “Noto Sans Regular.png” and “Noto Sans
Bold.png” look the same (as expected), however, for Noto Serif, “Noto Serif
Regular.png” and “Noto Serif Display Bold.png” look the same.
Also note that not all bold UI elements seem to use Display Bold when
configuring Noto Serif (not visible in the screenshots).
The problem was introduced with some update during this year or in the late
last year. Unfortunately I do not remember the exact update. Also, a Qt update
might have been involved.
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.96.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5
Graphics Platform: X11
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