Bug 161446

Summary:	Konqueror's default font is illegible. The font is DejaVu Sans.
Product:	[Applications] konqueror	Reporter:	Martin Sondergaard <ms>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konqueror Bugs <konqueror-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.0.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Image showing illegible text.

Description Martin Sondergaard 2008-04-30 04:37:45 UTC

Version:           4.0.3 (using KDE 4.0.3)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

The default font used by Konqueror, DejaVu Sans, is shown incorrectly.  This makes it illegible.

There is already a bug report, 154919, which reports that some fonts are shown incorrectly.  The reason I am writing this in a new bug report is that Kubuntu 8.04 KDE4 displays this bug in a very prominent place, so I think this bug may be seen by many people.  (If other people see what I see.)  This makes a fix more urgent.  

I am using the live CD, I have not installed this distro.

The Live CD for this distro has only two icons on the desktop, "Install" and "About Kubuntu".  The "About Kubuntu" icon is a HTML file, introducing Kubuntu and KDE.  When this file is opened by Konqueror, it displays a page of illegible text.  This will often be the first app that people will use when trying out KDE 4, so it gives a bad impression.

A quick fix for this would be to simply change the default font used by Konqueror.  The problem with displaying the font incorrectly can then be fixed later.

Comment 1 Martin Sondergaard 2008-04-30 04:42:52 UTC

Created attachment 24570 [details]
Image showing illegible text.

This is an image showing the problem; a page of illegible text.

Comment 2 Tommi Tervo 2008-04-30 08:34:33 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 154919 ***

Comment 3 Tommi Tervo 2008-04-30 08:59:04 UTC

Uhg, I should have drink my coffee first, but..
We cannot deside which is default font in linux distributions. Afaik we ask for StandardFont and it depends settings of fontconfig which fonts konqueror gets. It's not hard coded to dejavu.