Ugly font after KDE installation

Question

You all know the nice default font that come with Ubuntu, right? I just wanted to play a little bit with Kubuntu and installed the meta package

kubuntu-desktop

Everything was fine, however the font is now ugly as hell. Not only on KDE, but also on Gnome, Unity etc.

Example: enter image description here

How can I get the default font config back?

Look also at http://askubuntu.com/questions/159085/web-fonts-became-ugly-after-installing-kde — warvariuc, Oct 17 '13 at 15:03

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered May 30 '11 at 19:09

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Looks like you have to to disable font hinting, either through GNOME/KDE settings or by putting the following in ~/.fonts.conf (create the file if it doesn't exist):

<match target="font">
  <edit name="hinting" mode="assign">
    <bool>false</bool>
  </edit>
</match>

This is configurable because some people prefer crispier look reminiscent of Windows XP.

answered May 30 '11 at 19:09

Adam Byrtek

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I confirm that this solved the problem. – sorin May 03 '12 at 12:17
This is also working for me, please select it as the answer. – Martin Mar 10 '13 at 19:15
I don't like font hinting – Eofla Jun 05 '16 at 08:59

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 05 '12 at 09:07

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In your home folder, rename .fonts.conf to .fonts.conf.bak then log out. Log back in and the fonts in Firefox are good to go.

edited Feb 05 '12 at 09:07

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answered Nov 16 '11 at 14:51

Jayo

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Ugly font after KDE installation

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