Re: Hinting regression in Ubuntu 23.04

[Craig]

this was exactly my observation as well... remove fonts-liberation2.  
it's increasingly
difficult with containerization/snaps, etc.

r,
-craig

On 5/4/23 03:33, Martin van Es wrote:
> On Thursday, May 4, 2023 9:52:43 AM CEST Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > I think you misremember, for the reason mentioned above – just to be
> > sure I've checked now that this variation font has no B/W hinting
> > instructions.  Its hinting was certainly equally bad with an older
> > version of FreeType.
> Ok, I solved the problem. There were many coincidences playing a role in the
> original report.
>
> For starters the (real) regression in fonts-ubuntu triggered my attention, but
> unlucky testing against Liberation Sans revealed a change in hinting between
> fonts-liberation and fonts-liberation2, which wasn't installed on my reference
> system. fonts-liberation2 lacks proper hinting (which showed on my 23.04
> system) but fonts-liberation is properly hinted (on the 22.04 machine). Once
> installed, fonts-liberation2 overrides all Liberation fonts, except for
> Liberation Sans Narrow.
>
> Removing fonts-liberation2 and downgrading fonts-ubuntu to fonts-
> ubuntu_0.83-6ubuntu1_all.deb seems to solve all the reported problems.
>
> My apologies for the noise and thanks for adding your thoughts to this!
>
>
> Martin