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ttf-bitstream-vera package

Vera uppercase 'M' is overly hinted and appears boldface

Bug #33445 reported by Paul Sladen
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ttf-bitstream-vera (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Firefox uses 'Sans' as the default font for display and according to:

  $ fc-match Sans
  Vera.ttf: "Bitstream Vera Sans" "Roman"

the font being used is Bitstream Vera. The 'M' in normal roman text appears overly strong and boldface, such as multiple times in the following screenshot of a familar website:

  http://www.paul.sladen.org/ubuntu/bugs/vera-font-strong-m.png

This could either be the fault of the hinting in Vera, of the autohinter in the Freetype library.

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Denis Moyogo Jacquerye (moyogo) wrote :

The M in the screenshot is not Bitstream Vera Sans' M.

Check out Launchpad's CSS:
/* === Global Launchpad design: === */
body {
  background-color: #fcfcfc;
  color: black;
  font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

The M you have in the screenshot looks like Trebuchet MS' M.

Revision history for this message
Paul Sladen (sladen) wrote :

Yup, you're dead-right:

  $ fc-match "Trebuchet MS"
  Trebuchet_MS.ttf: "Trebuchet MS" "Regular"

which is downloaded by the 'msttcorefonts' package.

Changed in ttf-bitstream-vera:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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