Public bug reported:
i am not sure what the package is, so sorry.
anyway, i go to the appearance preferences in gnome, go to the fonts
tab, and click on the radio button for subpixel smoothing, and all of
the fonts are bigger than they were before. i do not like big fonts, and
antialiasing should not make fonts bigger.
so then when i click the details button, i see that the smoothing is
only set to "slight" when it should be set to full, like it was before
[intrepid]. so, i click "full" which makes the fonts normal-size, and
makes the fonts pretty and smooth, but then after dismissing the window,
the appearance preferences font tab shows all of the radio boxes
selected with a dash. i have attached a screenshot. this is weird, as
there should only be one DOT in the "subpixel smoothing" option.
so anyway, here are the set of problems:
#1: selecting subpixel smoothing makes hinting set to "slight" by default (it
should be set to "full" by default)
#2: changing the hinting of fonts will change the size of the fonts too (and
the fonts should always appear to be the same size no matter what level of
hinting is used, and no matter if it is subpixel, grayscale, or even "none")
#3: what the hell is the deal with all of the boxes being selected at the same
time [with a dash]?
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: fonts intrepid regression
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fonts get funky with subpixel smoothing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296608
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