The title of Konsole definitely doesn't look right, but I'm not sure I would blame FreeType for that. It could be some KDE or Qt problem.
On my installation, Ubuntu Tweak Tool doesn't allow me to set Window Font to "Ubuntu Bold 9". It simply switches to "Ubuntu Medium 9" and makes window titles look regular, not bold. However, when I increase the font size, it does make the title appear bold and it looks perfectly fine to me (attaching the screenshot). I also updated to Michael's PPA and tried installing Konsole - the fonts still look OK. ** Attachment added: "Bold titles" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1722508/+attachment/4970305/+files/comparison-bold.png -- 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/1722508 Title: Font hinting appears broken on 17.10 beta Status in freetype package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: It appears that font hinting in 17.10 (beta) doesn't work as expected. The issue is easy to miss if you have antialiasing enabled system- wise. However, if you install "gnome-tweak-tool" and disable antialiasing there, the problem becomes obvious. Here is how it looks on 17.10 beta: https://postimg.org/image/3auqsbkqtn/ And here is how it looks on my 16.04 machine (and this is pretty much how it's supposed to look): https://postimg.org/image/85n5ss3l4b/ * When comparing the pictures make sure you "Open image in new tab" and see them without browser zoom, otherwise the problem may no be obvious. I suspect that this issue is caused by a bug in some base font rendering package that Ubuntu uses (edit: the problem is probably caused by FreeType 2.8.0, see my comments below). A couple of months ago a similar issue was reported (and promptly fixed) in Chromium after they had changed something in FreeType rendering (https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=748997). lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Artful Aardvark (development branch) Release: 17.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1722508/+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
