[Bug 2017076] Re: default Chinese font in snap apps is ugly

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

On 2023-04-21 21:18, Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> @Gunnar, that's because the only channel which has the core22
> firefox atm is stable/ubuntu-23.04 (which is specific to Lunar).

So, then I just learned that if you are on lunar aka 23.04 and install
firefox from the latest/stable channel, you get something different
compared to installing it from the latest/stable/ubuntu-23.04 channel.
Hmm.. I recall someone who talked earlier today about the need to be an
expert... ;)

> Your testing suggest that the issue was the one I mentioned earlier
> that https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-sdk/pull/72 is missing from the
> core22 based gnome sdk

Right, by doing

snap refresh firefox --channel=latest/stable/ubuntu-23.04

(with the Chinese locale) I could finally reproduce the default font
issue. So that seems to be it for this bug.

This exercise raised a few other font related issues in my head, but
they are less urgent. Let's take those separately later.

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Title:
  default Chinese font in snap apps is ugly

Status in Snappy:
  Confirmed
Status in fontconfig package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in language-selector package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  After installs Ubuntu 23.04 with Chinese language selected, the
  default font is chosen to AR PL UMing CN, which is very ugly.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
  Package: fontconfig 2.14.1-3ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-20.20-generic 6.2.6
  Uname: Linux 6.2.0-20-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CloudArchitecture: x86_64
  CloudID: none
  CloudName: none
  CloudPlatform: none
  CloudSubPlatform: config
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Apr 20 14:18:45 2023
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-04-20 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" - Release amd64 (20230418)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: fontconfig
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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