This issue goes away on a clean install, it only appears on an upgrade install. Installing gnome-tweak-tool and resetting font settings also works!
@Jay S, this is a slightly different issue (i.e. Unity reading font configuration from somewhere else than the rest of the system, while in my case the whole system is reading configuration from some unknown place). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/839458 Title: Fonts suddenly started using full hinting instead of slight, without changing any configuration To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fontconfig/+bug/839458/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs