Bug 453515 - General font looks condensed after updating to 5.24.5
Summary: General font looks condensed after updating to 5.24.5
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.24.5
Platform: Manjaro Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2022-05-07 17:54 UTC by Apoorv Potnis
Modified: 2022-05-09 16:58 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Noto sans font comparision as observed in Dolphin. (55.01 KB, image/png)
2022-05-07 17:54 UTC, Apoorv Potnis
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Description Apoorv Potnis 2022-05-07 17:54:28 UTC
Created attachment 148650 [details]
Noto sans font comparision as observed in Dolphin.

General font looks like a condensed version of the original font before the update (Noto Sans). The font was Noto Sans 13pt before. After the update, the font is same but its appearance is different. The bug seems to be in the reently updated `noto-fonts` package as downgrading this package to version 20201226 solves the problem.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Update the `noto-fonts` package to version 20220502.
2. Restart 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.93.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.15.37-1-MANJARO (64-bit)

I have added a screenshot which shows the differenes in Dolphin.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-05-09 16:58:13 UTC
> The bug seems to be in the recently updated `noto-fonts` package as downgrading this package to version 20201226 solves the problem.
Sounds good. I would suggest that you report this to the Noto Sans evelopers (Google) as that font is not a KDE project.

Alternatively, you can report it to your distro as that may have introduced an error in their packaging, as I find it somewhat unlikely that Google broken Noto Sans for everyone in this way.