https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=402730
Bug ID: 402730 Summary: Light fontstyles for headings are causing visual and legibility issues Product: frameworks-plasma Version: 5.53.0 Platform: unspecified OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: normal Priority: NOR Component: components Assignee: notm...@gmail.com Reporter: tyx...@gmail.com Target Milestone: --- SUMMARY After updating to Frameworks 5.53, certain headings throughout Plasma have started using the "Light" fontstyle. This raises several issues: (1) light font styles can look wispy, creating legibility issues (2) if Plasma doesn't find a "Light" fontstyle, it will use thinner styles such as "Thin, "Hairline" or "ExtraLight", further exacerbating the problem e.g. test with DejaVu Sans which only has an "ExtraLight" variant. or see Plasma turning on "Hairline" Lato if there is no "Light" variant: https://i.ibb.co/7JcdNTW/nightcall.png (3) light styles can create a sharp discrepancy between labels, all the while not providing good visual hierarchy due to more important labels being thinner and less prominent e.g. the eyes are drawn away from song titles: https://i.ibb.co/896scPN/Screenshot-20181231-160720.png In Discover the attention gets shifted away from appliction names to their descriptions: https://i.ibb.co/DLsYyrP/Screenshot-20181231-160742.png (4) whereas most fonts have Bold or Italic variants, a substantial proportion of them doesn't have a Light variant, which means we're not guaranteeing content distinction for all users OBSERVED RESULT Visual and legibility issues when certain headings use a "Light" fontstyle. EXPECTED RESULT No visual or legibility issues. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Manjaro Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.4 Qt Version: 5.12.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.53.0 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.