Are you sure you weren't missing the bold font variant? In any case, this isn't gtk's fault (more related to freetype/fontconfig) andthe prorietary MS fonts can't be fixed by Ubuntu.
** Changed in: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985627 Title: arial with bold weight rendered ugly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/985627/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs