This seems to depend on the kinds of applets (maybe internal applets). However, the problem with horizontal lines overlapping the text doesn't seem to appear on my system (screenshot attached). I'm investigating on this, marking as in progress.
** Attachment added: "Another example" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5578062/addto_bad_fonts.png ** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => In Progress -- "Add to Panel..." assumes and hard-codes font sizes https://launchpad.net/bugs/60345 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs