[Bug 1054204] Re: Libreoffice chooses incorrect font weight

[Björn Michaelsen]

So this seems from reading the comments to be a bug in fontconfig, which
could be workarounded in the Ubuntu font. While LibreOffice shows the
buggy behaviour, it needs to be fixed in fontconfig or worked around in
the Ubuntu fonts. Is that correct?

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Title:
  Libreoffice chooses incorrect font weight

Status in Ubuntu Font Family:
  Confirmed
Status in “fontconfig” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-font-family-sources” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “fontconfig” source package in Quantal:
  New
Status in “libreoffice” source package in Quantal:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-font-family-sources” source package in Quantal:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  How to fix the problem:

  See comments on wrong "Ubuntu Light" font family being specified in
  the information of Ubuntu-M.ttf.

  You can fix the problem manually by installing fontforge program,
  going to Open dialog, navigating in it to /usr/share/fonts/truetype
  /ubuntu-font-family/ and opening Ubuntu-M.ttf. In Element -> Font
  Info, you can fix the family on the first page, and then export the
  font with File -> Generate Fonts, selecting the type "TrueType". Save
  to somewhere in your home folder first, accept the warnings, then in a
  terminal window / command line type:

  sudo mv Ubuntu-M.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family
  sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig

  Attached to this bug report is also a branch of the Ubuntu packaging
  that includes this manually modified Ubuntu-M.ttf, since the sources
  seem not to be editable with free tools.

  
  Original description:

  After installing the Ubuntu Font 0.80-0ubuntu3+console from quantal I
  have the added "Medium" font weight:-

  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-B.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-RI.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-MI.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-LI.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-RI.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-M.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-BI.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-B.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-L.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-C.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-BI.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-R.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-R.ttf

  If I install this font and choose "Ubuntu Light" in LibreOffice, it
  actually picks the "Medium" font weight. If I remove the medium font
  weight files and restart LibreOffice it chooses the right weight
  again. It seems related to bug 744812.

  Screenshots show the issue.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: libreoffice-writer 1:3.6.1~rc2-1ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Sep 21 17:34:30 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120102)
  SourcePackage: libreoffice
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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