[Bug 1814342] [NEW] fc-match does not return the correct font

[Ron Koerner]

Public bug reported:

On Ubuntu 18.10 the command `fc-match monospace:bold` returns

    DejaVuSansMono.ttf: "DejaVu Sans Mono" "Book"

instead of

    DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf: "DejaVu Sans Mono" "Bold"

This works correctly on Ubuntu 18.04.1 which is using fontconfig 2.12.6, whereas 18.10 uses 2.13.0.
I compiled 2.13.1 from source and just installed libfontconfig.so.1.12.0.

This solves the problem.

While it does not sound much, this bug also causes Java 8 AWT/Swing font
rendering to be uglier than it has to be. Instead of "DejaVu Sans Mono
Bold" and emboldened version of "DejaVu Sans Mono" is used which has a
different size, which goes counter to the notion of a "monospace" font.

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

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Title:
  fc-match does not return the correct font

Status in fontconfig package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On Ubuntu 18.10 the command `fc-match monospace:bold` returns

      DejaVuSansMono.ttf: "DejaVu Sans Mono" "Book"

  instead of

      DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf: "DejaVu Sans Mono" "Bold"

  This works correctly on Ubuntu 18.04.1 which is using fontconfig 2.12.6, whereas 18.10 uses 2.13.0.
  I compiled 2.13.1 from source and just installed libfontconfig.so.1.12.0.

  This solves the problem.

  While it does not sound much, this bug also causes Java 8 AWT/Swing
  font rendering to be uglier than it has to be. Instead of "DejaVu Sans
  Mono Bold" and emboldened version of "DejaVu Sans Mono" is used which
  has a different size, which goes counter to the notion of a
  "monospace" font.

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