Imagination is everything! The RGBA patch didn't seem to change anything - no matter what (with Xrdb, fonts.conf) font rendering always stays on rgb.
The radiance problem was text shadows. Please see attached screenshot of screenshots: it's color enhanced. The upper part is a menu bar item with text-shadow the lower one without. Here is an overview of the changes: /usr/share/themes/Radiance$ grep -iR text-shadow *gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@bg_color, 1.04); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@button_bg_color, 1.25), 0.4); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@button_bg_color, 1.25), 0.2); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@button_bg_color, 1.25), 0.4); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@button_bg_color, 1.25), 0.2); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@bg_color, 1.25), 0.4); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.6); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.8); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@selected_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.6); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@bg_color, 1.14); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@selected_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@bg_color, 1.25), 0.5); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@selected_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@bg_color, 1.25), 0.5); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@button_bg_color, 1.25), 0.4); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@button_bg_color, 1.25), 0.2); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.9); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 0.6); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@bg_color, 1.25), 0.5); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.1); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.1); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 -1px shade (@selected_bg_color, 0.7); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@bg_color, 1.14); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.1); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.1); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px alpha (shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.25), 0.32); gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets-radiance.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css.orig: text-shadow: 1px 0 shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.06), -1px 0 shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.06), gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css.orig: text-shadow: 1px 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.08), -1px 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.08), gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css.orig: text-shadow: 1px 0 shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.06), -1px 0 shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.06), gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 1px 1px alpha (#000000, 0.8); gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@cluebar_color, 1.06); gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@cluebar_color, 1.02); gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (shade (@bg_color, 0.95), 1.04); gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (shade (@bg_color, 0.95), 1.02); gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@selected_bg_color, 0.8); gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (shade (@bg_color, 0.95), 0.96); gtk-3.0/apps/unity-greeter.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css: text-shadow: none, none; gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css: text-shadow: none, none; gtk-3.0/apps/unity.css: text-shadow: none, none; gtk-3.0/apps/gnome-panel.css.orig: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/gnome-panel.css.orig: text-shadow: 0 1px shade (@dark_bg_color, 1.08); gtk-3.0/apps/gnome-panel.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/gnome-panel.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; gtk-3.0/apps/nautilus.css: text-shadow: none; mt@nPong:/usr/share/themes/Radiance$ PLEASE consider using bold fonts with backgrounds instead of text shadows. ** Attachment added: "With and W/o glowing text shadows" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1465340/+attachment/4415402/+files/glowing-text-shadow.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1465340 Title: Unity Radiance Menu Bar Should Stop Radiating Status in unity package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This bug has been there for at least three years. The font anti aliasing in the menu bar is completely off when the user chooses the Radiance theme. The attached screen shot shows a Firefox menu on top of an Emacs session. You see the unity menu bar at the top with the distorted anti aliasing. Under it in the pop-up menu you see a font rendered normally which looks much better. In addition to the distorted anti aliasing the menu bar does not seem to respect the user settings in "~/.fonts.conf". Please fix this and alter the name of Radiance to "Bright". Stop the menu bar from radiating with Radiance. 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