[Bug 1317505] [NEW] EmbeddedBitmap for ttf-ms-corefonts

[Merlijn Sebrechts]

Public bug reported:

When opening a mail in gmail that was send by someone with outlook , the
font (Verdana) looks really ugly and broken. This is because for small
font sizes the embedded bitmap is used. The default behaviour should be
to not use the embeddedBitmap for Verdana (and other ttf-ms-corefonts),
since that makes them very ugly.

Workaround: Add following lines to ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

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

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: fontconfig 2.11.0-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu May  8 14:11:32 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-17 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: fontconfig
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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Title:
  EmbeddedBitmap for ttf-ms-corefonts

Status in “fontconfig” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When opening a mail in gmail that was send by someone with outlook ,
  the font (Verdana) looks really ugly and broken. This is because for
  small font sizes the embedded bitmap is used. The default behaviour
  should be to not use the embeddedBitmap for Verdana (and other ttf-ms-
  corefonts), since that makes them very ugly.

  Workaround: Add following lines to ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf

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

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: fontconfig 2.11.0-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu May  8 14:11:32 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-17 (20 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  SourcePackage: fontconfig
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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