Synaptic is run as root. It seems that you have only modified the fonts.conf of your normal user. You would have to a system wide change or change the fonts.conf of root too.
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
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synaptic package manager does not follow user font settings
https://launchpad.net/bugs/64687
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