Bug 336321

Summary:	fonts do not use subpixel hinting sometimes
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	temporary987
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	m00n.silv3r
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.13.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://i.imgur.com/m5LgvJK.png
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336540
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description temporary987 2014-06-16 13:44:45 UTC

As you can see on the screenshot, in Muon package list, KRunner output window and in Kickstarter menu fonts are a bit blured, while in other programs they look fine. I can get this result globally if I disable subpixel hinting (rgb) in fonts settings. So, some KDE applications do not respect my Subpixel Hinting settings. They are also set in /etc/fonts/conf.d/.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Enable Subpixel Hinting (rgb) in fonts configuration
2. Open Kickstarter menu, Muon or type a query in Krunner (Alt+F2)
3. Look at the fonts
Actual Results:  
Fonts look like in other applications and they use Subpixel Hinting

Expected Results:  
They seem to ignore Subpixel Hinting settings.

I also noticed, that in some distros (for example, Gentoo) with Xfce, KDE or pure WM GTK-applications ignore subpixel hinting. Probably, there are some relations?

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2014-06-16 18:40:45 UTC

https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-22334

Comment 2 temporary987 2014-06-16 19:28:02 UTC

Qt is no longer nokia's, as I know.
Here https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-22334 this bug doesn't seem to be resolved. Which version of Qt should I try?

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2014-06-17 19:43:51 UTC

I think the change was introduced in Qt 4.8, so you could try Qt 4.7.

Comment 4 Silver Moon 2014-06-20 04:36:21 UTC

The issue also appears in the K menu and desktop settings dialog

Here are screenshots

http://s16.postimg.org/pcy077gf9/kde_menu.png
http://s12.postimg.org/xtvcm230d/kde_desktop_settings.png