[Bug 65820] Ugly fonts in gtk apps under edgy KDE (kubuntu)

[Kubicle]

Public bug reported:

Background:
This 'bug' is present on two of my machines (the ones that have edgy), both of them were upgraded from dapper (both worked fine with dapper). I may have toyed a bit with the other machine, but the configuration on the other is untouched (since upgrading from working dapper)

Problem:
Fonts on GTK applications (like synaptic) are not anti-aliased (smooth), but very grainy.
This happens with both user and root (with sudo). I use the Freesans font, but the problem persists with a couple of other fonts I've tried (including BitStream font). Some apps (like OpenOffice) work fine (though I think OO uses it's own font settings)

What I've tried:
I haven't touched the other machine, but on the other I've tried tinkering with the configuration files, tried different fonts and settings with kcontrol and gconf-editor (which also has grainy fonts) with both user and sudo...to no avail.

Notes:
- Neither of the machines have gnome installed
- The fonts look fine if I start a gtk app on a dapper machine (through ssh)
- The bug looks similar to one mentioned by Michael S. in comments of this bug:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gtk-qt-engine/+bug/54552

I'll gladly provide more information if asked to.

Thanks

** Affects: pango1.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Ugly fonts in gtk apps under edgy KDE (kubuntu)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/65820