** Changed in: freetype (Debian)
Status: Unknown => New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1547196
Title:
Removal of revert_scalable_fonts_metric.patch causes ugliness in
Claws-Mail
Status in freetype package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in freetype package in Debian:
New
Bug description:
This is mostly a tracking bug for this discussion on ubuntu-devel:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-
devel/2016-February/039224.html
The following precise-era patch was recently removed from freetype:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-
branches/ubuntu/wily/freetype/wily/view/head:/debian/patches-
freetype/revert_scalable_fonts_metric.patch
which caused a number of visual effects in various applications. In
Emacs, the lines get vertically closer so that more lines are visible
on screen. This is subtle and doesn't look too bad otherwise.
However, in Claws-Mail several negative effects were noticed. The
lines in the Summary window are more squished together and the
characters appear squished too. This is with Sans 10 font. This is
less readable.
In the Message window it's worse. There I use Ubuntu Mono 14. The
problem isn't the vertical spacing, but the horizontal spacing. Now
there is more space between characters and that actually makes the
window less readable.
I will contact the upstream Claws mailing list to see if they have any
thoughts.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libfreetype6 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-6.21-generic 4.4.1
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-6-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Feb 18 14:34:57 2016
Dependencies:
gcc-6-base 6-20160217-0ubuntu1
libc6 2.21-0ubuntu6
libgcc1 1:6-20160217-0ubuntu1
libpng12-0 1.2.54-1ubuntu1
zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-22 (27 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160117)
SourcePackage: freetype
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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