[Bug 18666] [NEW] Lots of seemingly redudant fonts

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The font selection list shows about 84 "families", most of which seem to be
local versions of the same few fonts. For example, there are 38 fonts whose name
starts with "ae_" that all look like Bitstream Vera Serif/Sans, Roman/Bold.
(BTW, why aren't the normal versions named "Regular" but "Roman"?). In fact,
there seem to be even more fonts that look like them.

The large number of similar-looking fonts makes it ridiculously hard to really
choose a font.

How to reproduce:
1. Open gnome-font-properties
2. Choose eg. "Application font"
3. A very long font list appears

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: ubuntu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

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Lots of seemingly redudant fonts
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/18666
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