[Bug 18666] Re: Lots of seemingly redudant fonts

[Colin Watson]

** Project changed: ubiquity => ubiquity (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Lots of seemingly redudant fonts

Status in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The font selection list shows about 84 "families", most of which seem to be
  local versions of the same few fonts. For example, there are 38 fonts whose name
  starts with "ae_" that all look like Bitstream Vera Serif/Sans, Roman/Bold.
  (BTW, why aren't the normal versions named "Regular" but "Roman"?). In fact,
  there seem to be even more fonts that look like them.

  The large number of similar-looking fonts makes it ridiculously hard to really
  choose a font.

  How to reproduce:
  1. Open gnome-font-properties
  2. Choose eg. "Application font"
  3. A very long font list appears

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