Comment 5 for bug 40683

Having nothing better to do... I decided to go down the update list from the other day, item by item, to see what b0rked the fonts. It was "KDE-GUIDANCE" that ultimately led to the tiny fonts.

After each item was installed I CTRL-ALT-BKSPd KDE to start X, as well. The updates I performed, in order:

acpi-support
==Inst bash [3.1-2ubuntu9] (3.1-2ubuntu10 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst bsdutils [1:2.12r-4ubuntu2] (1:2.12r-4ubuntu3 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst mount [2.12r-4ubuntu2] (2.12r-4ubuntu3 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst util-linux [2.12r-4ubuntu2] (2.12r-4ubuntu3 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libstdc++6-4.0-dev [4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) [g++-4.0 ]

==Inst g++-4.0 [4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst gcc-4.0 [4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst cpp-4.0 [4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst gcc-4.0-base [4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) [libstdc++6 libgcc1 ]

==Inst libstdc++6 [4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) [libgcc1 ]

==Inst libgcc1 [1:4.0.3-1ubuntu4] (1:4.0.3-1ubuntu5 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libevms-2.5 [2.5.4-5ubuntu3] (2.5.4-5ubuntu4 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst evms [2.5.4-5ubuntu3] (2.5.4-5ubuntu4 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst evms-ncurses [2.5.4-5ubuntu3] (2.5.4-5ubuntu4 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst ubuntu-standard [0.109] (0.110 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst fontconfig [2.3.2-1.1ubuntu9] (2.3.2-1.1ubuntu10 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libfontconfig1 [2.3.2-1.1ubuntu9] (2.3.2-1.1ubuntu10 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libktnef1 [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libkcal2b [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libkdepim1a [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst akregator [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst app-install-data [0.1.26] (0.1.27 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst ark [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu3] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu4 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst artsbuilder [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libcupsys2 [1.1.99.b1.r4929-0ubuntu8] (1.1.99.rc2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libcupsimage2 [1.1.99.b1.r4929-0ubuntu8] (1.1.99.rc2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst cupsys [1.1.99.b1.r4929-0ubuntu8] (1.1.99.rc2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst cupsys-bsd [1.1.99.b1.r4929-0ubuntu8] (1.1.99.rc2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst cupsys-client [1.1.99.b1.r4929-0ubuntu8] (1.1.99.rc2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libgcj-common [1:4.1.0-1ubuntu7] (1:4.1.0-1ubuntu8 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst gij-4.1 [4.1.0-1ubuntu7] (4.1.0-1ubuntu8 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst libgcj7 [4.1.0-1ubuntu7] (4.1.0-1ubuntu8 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst gcj-4.1-base [4.1.0-1ubuntu7] (4.1.0-1ubuntu8 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst gimp [2.2.10-1ubuntu2] (2.2.11-1ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst gimp-data [2.2.10-1ubuntu2] (2.2.11-1ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libpango1.0-common [1.12.1-1ubuntu1] (1.12.1-1ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libpango1.0-0 [1.12.1-1ubuntu1] (1.12.1-1ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libgimp2.0 [2.2.10-1ubuntu2] (2.2.11-1ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libhal1 [0.5.7-1ubuntu10] (0.5.7-1ubuntu11 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst hal [0.5.7-1ubuntu10] (0.5.7-1ubuntu11 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libkleopatra1 [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst kaddressbook [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst kamera [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu3 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst karm [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst kate [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu8] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu12 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libkcddb1 [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst kaudiocreator [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst kdemultimedia-kio-plugins [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu1] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst kcalc [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu3] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu4 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst kcharselect [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu3] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu4 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libkonq4 [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu8] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu12 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst libhal-storage1 [0.5.7-1ubuntu10] (0.5.7-1ubuntu11 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst konqueror [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu8] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu12 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst kdebase-kio-plugins [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu8] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu12 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst kdebase-data [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu8] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu12 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst kdm [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu8] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu12 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst kdesktop [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu8] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu12 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst kdebase-bin [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu8] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu12 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst kfind [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu8] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu12 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst kicker [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu8] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu12 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper) []

==Inst kcontrol [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu8] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu12 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

==Inst kcron [4:3.5.2-0ubuntu2] (4:3.5.2-0ubuntu3 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)

**********==Inst kde-guidance [0.6.4-0ubuntu1] (0.6.5-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:6.06/dapper)***********

The last one b0rked the fonts.