[Bug 744812] Re: FontConfig/Qt stack choke on Ubuntu Medium font meta-data (No medium in Inkscape and too bold in Qt apps)

[Paul Sladen]

Proposed patch for discussion; this shifts the buckets to avoid ABI/API
break.  Saviq would you be able to test this and see what happens?

** Patch added: "src_gui_text_qfontdatabase_x11.cpp.diff"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-family/+bug/744812/+attachment/3332056/+files/src_gui_text_qfontdatabase_x11.cpp.diff

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Title:
  FontConfig/Qt stack choke on Ubuntu Medium font meta-data (No medium
  in Inkscape and too bold in Qt apps)

Status in Linux Libertine:
  Unknown
Status in Ubuntu Font Family:
  Invalid
Status in “fontconfig” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-font-family-sources” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “fontconfig” source package in Natty:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-font-family-sources” source package in Natty:
  Fix Released
Status in “fontconfig” source package in Oneiric:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-font-family-sources” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released
Status in “fontconfig” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-font-family-sources” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “fontconfig” source package in Quantal:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-font-family-sources” source package in Quantal:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  [Kubuntu natty up-to-date]
  Hi,
  Without any change on my system, I noticed some days ago that my default font (ubuntu) changed. Some odd behaviour appeared : ubuntu medium 10 pt was ok but ubuntu medium 11pt was bold (-> in my taskbar clock or in kpackapgekit). In fact, after some play with kcm kubuntu font manager, the ubuntu medium 10pt was wrong, since kcm module shows the true appearance of ubuntu medium, which is quite bold. I swapped to ubunu light font
  SO ! I changed font hinting to light (default in kubuntu seems to be medium) and it seems to have solved bugs.
  Anyway, "ubuntu font" management by KDE seems to be strange, and firefox 4 font rendering is worse (imho) with light hinting (but maybe because of unselected "system default" parameter in fonts kcm).

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