Re: Fonts squished vertically after upgrade to 2.14


Hi,

I have additional information: The font is called Bitstream Vera Sans Mono (VeraMono.ttf), it is a standard truetype font.

Because I now know the font name and filename, I am positive that the font has not changed since I did the upgrades (the package it is in was not upgraded), so the font itself is not the problem. Additionally, this squishing is happening with several other fonts.

The font displays correctly in gnome-font-viewer, but does not display correctly in the Gnome font preview dialogs (for example, gnome-terminal, Edit > Current Profile > Font)... so it seems that various parts of Gnome are using different font display subsystems, some of which are correct... unless of course gnome-font-viewer is doing its own rendering.

Jeff




On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Jeffry Johnston wrote:


Hi,

After upgrading to Gnome 2.14 I noticed that fonts are squished from the way they were before. Here is an image showing the differences (sorry for the poor quality of the "before" image, but I am just glad I have proof that there IS a difference):

http://kidsquid.com/files/ubuntu/fontcomparison.png

The difference is most noticeable in the l, k, i, and # characters. The font here is called "Monospace", and it is one of the default fonts I got with Ubuntu. Where the font is on disk, or what its filename are, I have no idea. Fonts in Linux are a big mystery to me.. for example, why does the font show up in the Gnome font dialogs, but not the Gnome font folder? Ahh well, don't want to get sidetracked with silly details like that :)

Anyone know how to unsquish my fonts? Please mention certain filenames or Ubuntu package names, if you can.

I apologize in advance if this is not a Gnome issue.. I asked for a while on the various Gnome IRC channels, but got no responses, so I have no idea whether this is a Gnome problem or not. If not, I still would appreciate any help you can offer.

Thanks a lot,
Jeff

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