Bug 187067

Summary:	fonts changed with qt 4.5
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Dimitrios Glentadakis <dglent>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs <unassigned-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	andresbajotierra
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandriva RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Dimitrios Glentadakis 2009-03-13 19:08:56 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Mandriva RPMs

i have a problem with the fonts (in greek language)
in KDE 4.2 the fonts are not the same , 
is it something change in qt 4.5 about the fonts display ?

I have reported a bug in mandriva bugzilla here :
https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=48346

i am sure that it uses the gnome fonts and they are very ugly !
i ve seen the same aspect of fonts on other pc with kde 4.2
the problem is the same with mandriva 2009.0 or 2009.1 
the changed of the fonts become after installation of kde 4.2

any idea ? 

thanks a lot

Comment 1 Dario Andres 2009-03-14 00:44:42 UTC

Well... Qt4.5 changed the font hinting style to use the lcdfilter setting (or something like that), so the fonts changed.. They should look better.. However, Qt4.5 also introduced some option to use different paint engines. (native(x11), raster, and OpenGL). The default is native(x11), however some distribution compiled Qt to use Raster as its default. 
Try to run some Qt4/KDE4 application with the "-graphicssystem native" or "-graphicssystem raster" switches to see if there are some changes.

Comment 2 Dimitrios Glentadakis 2009-03-14 08:22:23 UTC

i ve just resolved the problem :
http://forum.kde.org/solved-fonts-kde-very-ugly-t-36173.html

i had to replace (with --force) the libfreetype6-2.3.9-1plf2009.1 package with this one libfreetype6-2.3.9-1mdv2009.1

Comment 3 Dario Andres 2009-03-14 12:52:01 UTC

So, it's a Mandriva problem. I'm glad it works now