Synthesis would occur twice as often if we presented both fonts individually to the user and they chose to embolden them anyway:
Ubuntu Light -> [click bold] -> Synthesised Ubuntu Light Bold Ubuntu Medium -> [click bold] -> Synthesised Ubuntu Medium Bold -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/744812 Title: FontConfig/Qt stack choke on Ubuntu Medium font meta-data (No medium in Inkscape and too bold in Qt apps) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs