[resolved] Re: [feisty] Monospace font is no longer Bitstream Vera Sans Mono (or DejaVu Sans Mono)?

[Michael R. Head]

On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 01:58 -0400, Michael R. Head wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 01:58 -0400, Michael R. Head wrote:
> > I've noticed lately that the virtual Monospace font (as provited by
> > fontconfig, I guess) is returning something looking like Courier rather
> > than Bitstream Vera Sans Mono or DejaVu Sans Mono. I can't figure out
> > how to change this back so I get the nice looking sans mono fonts. 
> 
> The ttf-georgewilliams package has a physical font named Monospace that
> takes precedence over the virtual font. Removing the ttf-georgewilliams
> package solve the problem.

And the filed bug reports:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gw-fonts-ttf/+bug/95357
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=395487


> > BTW, I'd rather fix this in fontconfig (or pango, maybe?) than in
> > gnome-font-properties.
> > 
-- 
Michael R. Head <burner at suppressingfire.org>
http://www.suppressingfire.org/~burner/
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