[Ubuntu] [hardy] Fonts on menus are antialiased differently from other programs

I can confirm this on an Ubuntu Edgy install (all updates). However, this is not an issue on Kubuntu Edgy.

This is exactly the problem, bug #54776 is dealing with. OOo does not respect fontconfig-hinting-settings (fontconfig trouble was reported in bug #24004, partly OOo is using fontconfig for now). When using freetype 2.1.x it is always using bytecode-interpreter (see bug #22897), with freetype 2.2.x it is always using autohinter for hinting. It seems like there is additional a problem with cairo. Upstream is aware of this, see issues 59127 (cairo stuff) and 64508 (fontconfig-hinting).

I think this is more than "low" imprtance. OOo is a critical app, and LCD displays are commonplace now.

It was not a problem with Dapper, so it is a clear regression.

Big diferences are when you have enabled bytecode interpretr. All aplications have nice fonts (specially msttcorefonts), but openoffice have ugly. I add screenshot.

You can reproduce it, when install msttcorefonts and enable bytecode intepretr (in fonts /etc/fonts/fonts.conf or in /etc/fonts/fonf.d):

<match target="font">
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
</match>

P.S. I have clear instalation 6.10 on i386.

This appears to still be an issue in Feisty

Not in hardy for me. This can be closed?

> Not in hardy for me. This can be closed?
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In Ubuntu 7.10 is all correct.
Petr

In Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy is still there.
No correction available,at all.

This bug was fixed in the package openoffice.org - 1:2.4.0-3ubuntu1

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openoffice.org (1:2.4.0-3ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low

  [ Chris Cheney ]
  * Resynchronise with Debian (r1044). Remaining changes:
    - debian/broffice.org.postrm.in:
      . Change diversions to ubuntu bitmap filenames.
    - debian/broffice.org.preinst.in:
      . Change diversions to ubuntu bitmap filenames.
    - debian/control.in:
      . Change maintainer line.
      . Use imagemagick instead of graphicsmagick.
      . Change bzr repo location.
      . Add package openoffice.org-style-human.
      . Add replaces openoffice.org-gtk (<< 2.0.3-1) for openoffice.org-gnome
        dapper upgrade.
    - debian/control.l10n.in:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/control.lang.in:
      . Add L10N_COMMON to Depends.
    - debian/control.mozilla.in:
      . Add Xb-Npp-xxx tags according to "firefox distro add-on suport" spec.
    - debian/control.ubuntu-feisty.in:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/deppackage.postinst.in:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/module-po.map:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/ooo-build-ubuntu.diff:
      . Various Ubuntu specific changes to ooo-build.
    - debian/openoffice.org-base.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/openoffice.org-calc.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/openoffice.org-draw.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/openoffice.org-filter-binfilter.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/openoffice.org-impress.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/openoffice.org-math.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/openoffice.org-writer.mime:
      . Update and sort mime-types.
    - debian/rules:
      . Add BUILD_SPARC option.
      . Add USE_COMMON_DOCDIR option.
      . Add USE_LZMA_COMPRESS option.
      . Add support to build on lpia.
      . Add support to build l10n as a separate source.
      . Add support to chmod +x programs in debian dir.
      . Add support to uuencode binary files in ubuntu dir.
      . Add support for Ubuntu specific bitmaps.
      . Add support for openoffice.org-style-human package.
      . Add support for launchpad translations.
      . Update location of aotcompile.py file.
      . Use imagemagick instead of graphicsmagick.
      . Use openjdk-6-jre instead of icedtea-java7-jre. Closes LP: #203636
      . Various Ubuntu specific changes.
    - debian/scripts/convert2po:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/scripts/fix_image_rgb:
      . Use imagemagick instead of graphicsmagick.
    - debian/scripts/gsifilter.py:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/scripts/splitgsi:
      . Add file for Ubuntu.
    - debian/template.desktop.in:
      . Add NoDisplay=true.
  * Resynchronise with ooo-build (r12081).
    - Closes LP: #54776, #62256, #105906, #113358, #131272, #137469, #138252
      Closes LP: #148552, #154940, #160988, #175983, #194759, #197451, #197622
  * ubuntu/*:
    - Update splash screen for OOo 2.4. Closes LP: #199193
    - Various Ubuntu specific changes.

  [ Matthias Klose ]
  * ubuntu/lpi2gsi: Add templates and conversion scripts to generate
    ...