Having done further testing it seems that the bug is worse than originally reported: in Ubuntu 13.04 the pango-graphite package only works with certain fonts. I can't work out what the difference is between those that work and those that don't. I did some comparison between Linux distributions (Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Linux Mint XFCE, and Linux Mint), and have attached screenshots of the most important results.
Key points: - Of the distributions tested, Linux Mint XFCE and Linux Mint were the only ones in which pango-graphite behaved exactly as expected. The Ubuntu derivatives were all affected by the UI font problem. (Odd given that Mint itself is based on Ubuntu.) - In Lubuntu and Xubuntu the pango-graphite package worked properly with all fonts tested, but changed the UI font. Therefore it is only in Ubuntu that pango-graphite fails to work for all Graphite fonts equally. - In the Ubuntu screenshots the LibreOffice window is given for comparison. Conakry displayed correctly in gedit and Inkscape with pango-graphite installed, but Miao Unicode did not. - In Lubuntu the UI font (and even the monospace font in leafpad) changed from the Ubuntu font to Miao Unicode, whereas in Xubuntu it changed from the Ubuntu font to some nondescript fallback sans. In order to replicate these tests I have attached the .txt, .svg, and .odt files. (In gedit DeJaVu Sans will take precendence for the N’ko script over Conakry, which is why I changed the overall gedit font to Conakry for the Ubuntu screenshots. On the live sessions I simply disabled DeJaVu.) The fonts can be found here: https://github.com/phjamr/MiaoUnicode/blob/master/MiaoUnicode-Regular.ttf http://www.evertype.com/fonts/nko/ (also the source of the N’ko sample text) ** Attachment added: "Archive containing screenshots and test files" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pango-graphite/+bug/1176022/+attachment/3687850/+files/Pango-Graphite_Bug_Screenshots_TestFiles.zip -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1176022 Title: Pango-graphite changes default UI font in Ubuntu 13.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pango-graphite/+bug/1176022/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
