Bad font appearance in OpenOffice.org menus on KDE (Kubuntu)

Bug #29198 reported by Petr Tomeš
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Brian Murray

Bug Description

Bad font appearance in OpenOffice.org menus KDE (Kubuntu).

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Petr Tomeš (ptomes) wrote : Menu in OpenOffice.org2 Writer on Kubuntu 5.10

Menu in OpenOffice.org2 Writer on Kubuntu 5.10

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Petr Tomeš (ptomes) wrote : Menu in OpenOffice.org Writer 2.0.1 on Mandriva 2006, KDE 3.5, font: sans 10

Menu in OpenOffice.org Writer 2.0.1 on Mandriva 2006, KDE 3.5, font: sans 10

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

- Is this font different from the one used in ither menus?
- Please could you recheck with a current dapper Openoffice.Org 2.0.2 package?

Changed in openoffice.org:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Machine Screw (machine-screw) wrote :

This apears to be a problem with the font.conf file in genral
currently there was a person in the IRC that figured it out this is on a Kubuntu Dapper flight 6 install after the latest update done on the date of this comment. Here is a screenshot what they looked like

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/satempler/konvimacscrw.png

and after

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/satempler/konvimacscrw2.png

here is the contents of the .font.conf file that fixed it i put it in /etc/fonts/local.conf to fix it for all of Xwindows including KDM

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- ~/.fonts.conf file to configure user font settings --><fontconfig>
<!-- Enable sub-pixel rendering --> <match target="font" >
  <test name="rgba" qual="all" >
   <const>unknown</const>
  </test>
  <edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
   <const>rgb</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
<!-- Autohint fonts --> <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="autohint" >
   <bool>true</bool>
  </edit>
 </match>
<!-- Don't autohint my terminal font --> <match target="font" >
  <test name="family" qual="any" >
   <string>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</string>
  </test>
  <edit mode="assign" name="autohint" >
   <bool>false</bool>
  </edit>
 </match>
<!-- Antialias --> <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="antialias" >
   <bool>true</bool>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="hinting" >
   <bool>true</bool>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle" >
   <const>hintmedium</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
<!-- Alias Helvetica to be something less shit --> <match target="pattern" >
  <test name="family" qual="any" >
   <string>Helvetica</string>
  </test>
  <edit mode="assign" name="family" >
   <string>Bitstream Vera Sans</string>
  </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="font" >
  <edit mode="assign" name="rgba" >
   <const>none</const>
  </edit>
 </match>
</fontconfig>

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

We are closing this bug report as it concerns Breezy which is no longer supported. However, please reopen it if it is still an issue with a supported version of Ubuntu and feel free to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in openoffice.org:
assignee: nobody → brian-murray
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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