Bug 191840 - OpenOffice.org fonts rendering is broken : bad hinting
Summary: OpenOffice.org fonts rendering is broken : bad hinting
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 192234
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: openoffice.org
Version: 5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Caolan McNamara
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-05-16 00:54 UTC by Gilles Gagniard
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-05-16 07:54:45 UTC
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Screenshot of OpenOffice.org and Epiphany. (88.32 KB, image/png)
2006-05-16 00:54 UTC, Gilles Gagniard
no flags Details

Description Gilles Gagniard 2006-05-16 00:54:07 UTC
Description of problem:
The fonts in OpenOffice.org are very blurry, almost unreadable for tiny sizes.
When antialiasing is deactivated, the fonts are choppy and irregular, probably
indicating a hinting problem.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.0.2-5.9.2

How reproducible: Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start OpenOffice.org
2. Look at it
3.
  
Actual results:
The fonts look completely blurry, almost unreadable. It only happen in
OpenOffice.org, fonts in GTK/QT apps are perfect.


Expected results:
The fonts have the same rendering/hinting quality in OpenOffice.org and in all
the other applications, eg not blurry and crisp.

Additional info:
Please find a screenshot attached. It shows an OpenOffice window and an Epiphany
window. The problem can easily be understood by comparing both menu bars :
OpenOffice is the only application where hinting seems to be broken.

Comment 1 Gilles Gagniard 2006-05-16 00:54:07 UTC
Created attachment 129147 [details]
Screenshot of OpenOffice.org and Epiphany.

Comment 2 Caolan McNamara 2006-05-16 07:54:45 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 191650 ***

Comment 3 Caolan McNamara 2006-05-16 08:59:36 UTC
What's your "System->Preferences->fonts->Application font:" ?

Comment 4 Caolan McNamara 2006-05-19 16:59:07 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 192234 ***

Comment 5 Gilles Gagniard 2006-05-24 00:28:32 UTC
The Application Font is Verdana 9 ... but I don't think it's the problem.
Actually, every single font has the same problem in OpenOffice. I can attach a
screenshot if necessary.

I think this bug is definitely the same than #191650, but it's broader than
described, every font is affected.

Comment 6 Caolan McNamara 2006-05-25 11:12:26 UTC
It's probably not the specific bug 191650, but that of bug 192234, try the
update and see if it fixes your problem.


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