[Bug 132417] Re: evince doesn't display the correct font

[Matevž Jekovec]

Attached the patch which adds ArialMT alias to /etc/fonts/conf.avail/30
-metric-aliases.conf, that is fontconfig-config package. I tested it on
PDF document without ArialMT subset included and it works fine.

Please consider committing the patch to upstream ASAP.

** Patch added: "ArialMT fix"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/132417/+attachment/3102494/+files/fontconfig-arialmt.patch

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Title:
  evince doesn't display the correct font

Status in Poppler:
  Confirmed
Status in “fontconfig” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “poppler” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: evince

  When displaying a PDF document with a non-embedded font 'ArialMT', no
  attempt is made to display the ArialMT font.

  Expected behavior:
  evince asking fontconfig to produce the closest match to the ArialMT font.

  Actual behavior:
  no request for font is seen in debug output of fontconfig.

  It might be a poppler issue, poppler seems to convert ArialMT into
  Helvetica wich receives a less fitting match from fontconfig when
  Arial is present.

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