This is not fixed in Hardy yet, as indicated. Enable Subpixel Smoothing in Appearence prefs-> fonts and then compare openoffice's menu bar to firefox or any other gtk apps and the difference is immediately apparent.
-- [Ubuntu] [hardy] font hinting does not work with libfreetype6 v. 2.2.1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/54776 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