This also effects other electron apps such as Discord. The fix for users is to downgrade from freetype 2.8.1 to freetype 2.8.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to freetype in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1751293 Title: libfreetype6 2.8.1 cause nasty font glitches in atom editor Status in freetype package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Main bugreport: https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/15737 Problem can be reproduced with 2.8.1-0.1ubuntu2, but it disappears on libfreetype6=2.8-0.2ubuntu2.1. I don't know about root cause, but may be holding back on 2.8-0 in bionic may be a great idea? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: libfreetype6 2.8-0.2ubuntu2.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-10.11-generic 4.15.3 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon Date: Fri Feb 23 16:42:14 2018 Dependencies: gcc-8-base 8-20180208-0ubuntu1 libc6 2.26-0ubuntu2.1 libgcc1 1:8-20180208-0ubuntu1 libpng16-16 1.6.34-1 zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-0ubuntu2 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is a distribution channel descriptor # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-22 (246 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47 SourcePackage: freetype UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1751293/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
