Bug 1883992
| Summary: | Gnome default font unreadable | ||||||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | John Mellor <john.mellor> | ||||
| Component: | gnome-shell | Assignee: | Florian Müllner <fmuellner> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED EOL | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> | ||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | unspecified | ||||||
| Version: | 33 | CC: | alberts.muktupavels, ego.cordatus, fmuellner, gnome-sig, jadahl, otaylor, philip.wyett, rstrode, yselkowi | ||||
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| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||
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| Last Closed: | 2021-11-30 16:28:01 UTC | Type: | Bug | ||||
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Workaround: 1. Install the Gnome Tweak Tool 2. Select the Fonts tab 3. Alter the default font rendering from Standard (grayscale) to SubPixel (for LCD screens) It looks like the as-installed font configuration is failing to determine that this is an LCD screen on this laptop, and selecting a subpixel render mechanism only suitable for ancient CRTs. Workaround does not work. This should be a blocker for Fedora 33 release. Workaround: Using the Gnome Tweaks tool, change the default fonts from Cantarell to Liberation (3 places), and change the Altialiasing setting from Standard (grayscale) to Subpixel (for LCD screens). If this change is not made in time to Fedora 33, then it needs to be documented as one of the known workarounds. Since this bug only affects older video cards and a functioning workaround is possible, reducing severity to medium. This message is a reminder that Fedora 33 is nearing its end of life. Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 33 on 2021-11-30. It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a Fedora 'version' of '33'. Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later Fedora version. Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we were not able to fix it before Fedora 33 is end of life. If you would still like to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version of Fedora, you are encouraged change the 'version' to a later Fedora version prior this bug is closed as described in the policy above. Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes bugs or makes them obsolete. Fedora 33 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2021-11-30. Fedora 33 is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug. If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. If you are unable to reopen this bug, please file a new report against the current release. If you experience problems, please add a comment to this bug. Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed. |
Created attachment 1717939 [details] F33 Gnome font error screenshot Description of problem: Gnome default font unreadable Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Gnome 3.38.0, normal wayland windowing How reproducible: all the time Steps to Reproduce: n/a, normal install Actual results: Unreadable system font for the Gnome GUI and icons Application fonts (e.g. terminal) appear to be ok. Expected results: Readable font, same as F32 Additional info: Hardware is a ThinkPad T500 with AMD Rv635 graphics chip, 1680x1050 default resolution. All updates applied as of Beta+1 date (2020/09/30T12:00EST) Screenshot showing unreadable icon and other difficulties attached.