My workaround worked for months without issues (at least for me):
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-family/+bug/744812/comments/81
After placing the conf file in the proper directory, the font cache must be
refreshed to see the results (I use fc-cache -fv both as user and super-user).
I used
** Changed in: gnome-specimen (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Triaged
** Changed in: gnome-specimen (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
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For me the bug lies in the fonts properties.
Doing for example:
$ fc-query /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-M.ttf
the Medium variant (and the Light also) report double values on some
properties, like this:
family: Ubuntu(s) Ubuntu Medium(s)
familylang: en(s)
** Description changed:
- Gnome-Specimen gets confused between different weights of the same font,
- displaying the wrong one. For a font-testing/specimen program this is
- sub-optimal.
+ Mark Shuttleworth noticed that Gnome-Specimen gets confused between
+ different weights of the same font,
