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enz (markus-enzenberger) wrote : Re: [Bug 937200] Re: Fat fonts in Swing applications

ok, I went through all fonts in
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/unfonts-core/ and the problem with the bold
fonts went away after removing this one:

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/unfonts-core/UnDotum.ttf

On 10/7/12, Matthias Klose <email address hidden> wrote:
> yes, removing single font files. after removing a file and testing,
> re-install the package using
> apt-get --reinstall install fonts-unfonts-core
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937200
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> Title:
> Fat fonts in Swing applications
>
> Status in “fonts-unfonts-core” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “openjdk-7” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 I noticed that the fonts in Java
> Swing applications use the bold font weight. This looks really ugly
> and takes up to much space.
>
>
> 1.
> lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
> Release: 12.04
>
>
> 2.
> apt-cache policy openjdk-7-jdk
> openjdk-7-jdk:
> Installiert: 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2
> Kandidat: 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2
> Versionstabelle:
> *** 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2 0
> 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64
> Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> 3.
> Applications rendering with normal fonts
>
> 4.
> Applications rendering with bold fonts
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: openjdk-7-jdk 7~b147-2.0-1ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.26-generic 3.2.6
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> ApportVersion: 1.92-0ubuntu1
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Feb 20 20:44:43 2012
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
> (20101007)
> SourcePackage: openjdk-7
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-16 (3 days ago)
>
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