[Bug 2017573] Re: Font hinting broken on 23.04

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

I had a look in a Kubuntu 23.04 install I have in a VM, and it looks
like changes via the KDE UI for managing fonts alters the file
~/.fonts.conf. If that is the way you do it, can you please attach your
~/.fonts.conf file to this bug report.

The ~/.fonts-conf file has been considered deprecated for quite a while.
I wonder if they possibly have stopped to read that file now, which
would explain your observation.

Otherwise, if ~/.fonts.conf still is a valid place for fontconfig rules,
it might be a Plasma issue...

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Title:
  Font hinting broken on 23.04

Status in fontconfig package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Just upgraded my laptops to Kubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster and hinting
  for all non-commercial fonts seems broken. I used to have decent if
  not perfect hinting on Ubuntu and Ubuntu Mono font, but now the only
  fonts that still hint correctly are Microsoft's Verdana and Tahoma
  etc. Not sure whether the devide is exactly along this line, but it
  stands out.

  Tried regenerating font cache (fc-cache -rv) but that didn't help.

  Operating System: Kubuntu 23.04
  KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.4
  KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0
  Qt Version: 5.15.8
  Kernel Version: 6.3.0 (64-bit)
  Graphics Platform: Wayland
  Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz
  Memory: 31.1 GiB of RAM
  Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics
  Manufacturer: Notebook
  Product Name: N141CU
  System Version: Not Applicable

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