[Users] Font ugliness coming in Ubuntu 16.04?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 05:38:53 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>Beyond that all kinds of configurations are involved

PS:

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ ls /etc/fonts/conf.avail/1*
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-autohint.conf            /etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-no-sub-pixel.conf        /etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-unhinted.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf  /etc/fonts/conf.avail/11-lcdfilter-default.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf       /etc/fonts/conf.avail/11-lcdfilter-legacy.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf       /etc/fonts/conf.avail/11-lcdfilter-light.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf
[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ cat /etc/fonts/conf.avail/1*|head -n28
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!--  Use the Autohinter --> 
  <match target="pattern">
    <!--
      This configuration is available on the major desktop environments.
      We shouldn't overwrite it with "assign" unconditionally.
      Most clients may picks up the first value only. so using "append"
      may simply works to avoid it.
    -->
    <edit name="autohint" mode="append"><bool>true</bool></edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!--  Disable sub-pixel rendering --> 
  <match target="pattern">
    <!--
      This configuration is available on the major desktop environments.
      We shouldn't overwrite it with "assign" unconditionally.
      Most clients may picks up the first value only. so using "append"
      may simply works to avoid it.
    -->
    <edit name="rgba" mode="append"><const>none</const></edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>