I'm also seeing this problem on 10.04 with all updates applied. It has worked fine in previous versions of Ubuntu.
As a full-time Java developer on linux, I wouldn't classify this as an "annoyance" but as severe. It affects any Java program trying to use monospaced italic fonts. So if you are doing any kind of java UI development, you cannot use Ubuntu 10.04 if you expect it to display correctly. -- Monospace italic font is not monospace in java (regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/569396 You received this bug notification because you are a member of OpenJDK, which is subscribed to openjdk-6 in ubuntu. Status in OpenJDK: New Status in “openjdk-6” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “sun-java6” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: fontconfig First noticed in IntelliJ IDEA (java IDE): All italic text in editor is non-monospace in ubuntu 10.04. It has always been monospace in all previous versions of ubuntu. Can be reproduced in JEdit too: 1. Open/Create any.sh file 2. Type in two lines: _miii #miii 3. Go to "Utilities-> Quick Settings -> Edit syntax style of token under caret" and select italic (so comments will be shown italic). Result: Width of two lines is different, non-monospace font is used. Expected: Comments are italic but still monospace. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: fontconfig 2.8.0-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic-pae 2.6.32.11+drm33.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic-pae i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Apr 24 13:39:27 2010 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) ProcEnviron: LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8 LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8 LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8 SourcePackage: fontconfig _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openjdk Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openjdk More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
