Bug 464986

Summary: Fonts rendered poorly
Product: [Applications] okular Reporter: thekswenson
Component: PDF backendAssignee: Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: aacid
Priority: NOR    
Version: 22.08.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Attachments: very poor rendered fonts

Description thekswenson 2023-01-29 14:45:09 UTC
Created attachment 155765 [details]
very poor rendered fonts

SUMMARY
Rendered fonts from a PDF look terrible.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. open a PDF

OBSERVED RESULT
Observe that the fonts look very bad (see attached screenshot)

EXPECTED RESULT
Expected to see smooth curves without jagged transitions.
Other fonts on my machine render very nicely

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: GNOME, Ubuntu 22.10
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: none, using GNOME
KDE Frameworks Version: ?
Qt Version: ?

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 thekswenson 2023-01-29 15:06:17 UTC
This is a regression.
Comment 2 Albert Astals Cid 2023-02-01 21:17:32 UTC
> 1. open a PDF

There was no PDF attached.
Comment 3 thekswenson 2023-02-01 22:03:24 UTC
Shoot... I can no longer reproduce this just days later. :/
Comment 4 thekswenson 2023-02-04 12:48:58 UTC
There is something very strange happening, as this problem seems to be intermittent. I'm going to try to figure out some pattern