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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-27257

Broken font rendering in some applications

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Out of scope
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    • 4.8.2
    • GUI: Font handling
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    • Gentoo Linux 64-bit, KDE 4.9.1, Qt 4.8.3. The graphics driver doesn't seem to affect this; the problem is there with the official NVidia driver, the AMD Catalyst driver, and the open source xf86-video-ati driver.

    Description

      (I reported this problem on the KDE tracker: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306943, but I was told to report it here instead.)

      It seems that some applications (for example krunner and ksnapshot) display fonts in a somewhat broken manner. To demonstrate, I attached a screenshot of krunner's "System Activity" in krunner_process_list.png. Look at how "Shared Mem" is rendered, for example. And the same process list display, but through "System Monitor" is in ksysguard_process_list.png. Notice how "System Monitor" has correct font display. I found out that I can trigger the same bug in System Monitor if I launch it with:

      ksysguard -graphicssystem native

      Then it looks like in screenshot ksysguard_process_list_native.png. Look for example at how the word "Table" (in "Process Table") is rendered compared to the previous screenshot.

      Another application that has the same problem is KSnapshot. And indeed, if I launch it manually with:

      ksnapshot -graphicssystem raster

      then the problem goes away.

      In System Settings, in the Desktop Effects section's "Advanced" tab, I have "Raster" set as the "Qt graphics system". My Linux distro (Gentoo) also has this set in the environment:

      QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM=raster

      It would seem that some KDE application ignore those settings.

      Reproducible: Always

      Steps to Reproduce:
      1. Press Alt+F2 (or whatever shortcut you've set to bring up krunner.)
      2. Click the "System Activity" button.
      Actual Results:
      Fonts look weird.

      Expected Results:
      Fonts should look the same as everywhere else.

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            esabraha Eskil Abrahamsen Blomfeldt
            realnc Nikos Chantziaras
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