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:

How can I get the default font config back?

Solution 1

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.

Solution 2

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.

Comments

[warvariuc]

Look also at askubuntu.com/questions/159085/…

[weima]

I confirm that this solved the problem.

[Martin]

This is also working for me, please select it as the answer.

[Eofla]

I don't like font hinting