The workaround works for me as well as of 2009-09-30. The difference is this missing section from ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals:
[General] XftHintStyle=hintmedium font=DejaVu Sans,8.-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0 -- [Karmic] QtCurve uses huge fonts instead of KDE fonts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414711 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs