Changing 'rgb' to 'rgba' in xsettings fixed the issue in Gedit for me. However, setting to rgba makes other apps render text poorly. After screwing around for hours I did something that fixed that thought, but I'm not 100% sure what it was. I think it was a fontconfig file buried somewhere in my home dir. I removed all instances of fontconfig in my home folder. Lastly, I setup a fonts.conf file to clean up any text that still looked a bit off.
With that said, here's a list of steps to try and resolve it 1. Remove (backup first) all instances of fontconfigs in your home directory (I think there was one in ~/.local/share/ & ~/.config/) 2. Change "rgb" to "rgba" via dconf-editor > org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings > rgba-order 3. Download fonts.conf attachment and place in ~/.config/fontconfig/ 4. Reboot ** Attachment added: "fonts.conf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1290697/+attachment/4088467/+files/fonts.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1290697 Title: Font rendering is broken To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1290697/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
