Public bug reported: Since Ubuntu 18.04 (maybe from 17.10, I don't remember now), Chrome browsers are horrible to use. Font hintings are not working as expected. There were always some hairy things above the fonts which caused me to abandon Ubuntu. Unfortunately, this bug affected all other Ubuntu derivatives as well. I was forced to use Debian and Manjaro, because nowhere in the Internet I found a solution.
I've tested Ubuntu 19.04 again. I removed all of the *.conf file in `/etc/fonts/conf.d` dir and copied Manjaro's configs. The fonts are okay. Further investigating revealed that the culprit was symlink to this file `/etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-language-selector-ja.conf` I opened it and found that on Line no 8, it has this <test qual="all" name="family" compare="contains"> which should instead be <test qual="all" name="lang" compare="contains"> since `JP` is language identifier, not family. I manually fixed the file and all is well! I'm attaching two screenshot of chrome browser. Inspect the "Autofill" and "Appearance" word of the chrome setting page screenshot. ** Affects: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "problem" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1823461/+attachment/5253394/+files/problem.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fontconfig in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1823461 Title: Font hinting lost on chrome like browser Status in fontconfig package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Since Ubuntu 18.04 (maybe from 17.10, I don't remember now), Chrome browsers are horrible to use. Font hintings are not working as expected. There were always some hairy things above the fonts which caused me to abandon Ubuntu. Unfortunately, this bug affected all other Ubuntu derivatives as well. I was forced to use Debian and Manjaro, because nowhere in the Internet I found a solution. I've tested Ubuntu 19.04 again. I removed all of the *.conf file in `/etc/fonts/conf.d` dir and copied Manjaro's configs. The fonts are okay. Further investigating revealed that the culprit was symlink to this file `/etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-language-selector-ja.conf` I opened it and found that on Line no 8, it has this <test qual="all" name="family" compare="contains"> which should instead be <test qual="all" name="lang" compare="contains"> since `JP` is language identifier, not family. I manually fixed the file and all is well! I'm attaching two screenshot of chrome browser. Inspect the "Autofill" and "Appearance" word of the chrome setting page screenshot. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fontconfig/+bug/1823461/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp