Comment 73 for bug 937200

pdknsk (pdknsk) wrote:
> Where do I find this file when using Oracle JDK?

I think it isn't installed any more, which is why earlier comments suggested copying it from JDK 6. The one from openjdk-7 is more appropriate though because it uses the correct fonts and paths for Ubuntu.

> I got the file from package openjdk-7-jre-headless and copied it to
> /usr/lib/jvm/j2re1.7-oracle/lib/fontconfig.Ubuntu.properties but it
> doesn't seem to make any difference.

That should be ../jre/lib/fontconfig.Ubuntu.properties. You should see other fontconfig files for e.g. Redhat, Suse in the same location.

But either way in your case it probably won't change anything, because...

> This is the result from your file.
>
> Font family: Ubuntu plain=** TrueType Font: Family=Ubuntu Name=Ubuntu
> style=0 fileName=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-
> family/Ubuntu-R.ttf bold=null italic=null bolditalic=** TrueType Font:
> Family=Ubuntu Name=Ubuntu Bold Italic style=3
> fileName=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-BI.ttf
>
> Maybe I'm wrong on Ubuntu Light rather than Ubuntu being used. I've
> attached a screenshot.

So you can see in the output that the plain style is in fact registered but the bold and italic are not; that's the same result I get on a system without fonts-unfonts-core installed.

I think the font in your screenshot is Ubuntu and not Ubuntu Light, but using wrong hinting or rendering settings. That would be a bug in Java certainly, but separate from this. (You're not the first person to notice the incorrect hinting and in fact I can reproduce it easily.)