It’s sad that this report was misfiled (to the wrong package, that is), so it went unnoticed for so long.
This is not a bug specific to the Ubuntu fonts. fontconfig does not deal well with multiple weights. It’s already filed in the upstream tracker. ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #81453 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81453 ** Also affects: fontconfig via https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81453 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Package changed: ubuntu-font-family-sources (Ubuntu) => fontconfig (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged ** Summary changed: - Cannot set "Ubuntu Bold" in Appearance settings + fontconfig confuses bold and medium weights -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fontconfig in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746383 Title: fontconfig confuses bold and medium weights Status in Fontconfig - Font Configuration Library: Unknown Status in “fontconfig” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Attempts to set "Ubuntu Bold" in the Appearance settings fall back to "Ubuntu Medium". In fact, in the font selection screen there seems to be no difference between bold and medium. Curiously enough, Bug #746382 sort of proves that Ubuntu Bold *is* installed and accessible. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: ttf-ubuntu-font-family 0.71.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Mar 31 08:33:44 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110325) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-font-family-sources UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/fontconfig/+bug/746383/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
