Bug 150515

Summary: Document font rendering looks (very) ugly but fine when placed in text boxes
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Camaleón <noelamac>
Component: WriterAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.4.0.3 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux (All)   
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Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:
Attachments: Document fonts look ugly, fine when placed in text boxed
Loading vcl generic renders font fine
XFCE system fonts settings (aliasing, hinting...)
LO 7.4.1, issue still present
After updating to LO 7.4.0.0 alpha every single writer document I open (either new or old ones) it renders a very bad text hinting for every font type. Font rendering inside a text box is perfectly f
Screenshot showing the problem Export of shapes with gradient fill to PDF does not seem to work. Steps to reproduce: 1) Create a blank presentation; insert a single shape to the slide 2) Right-click
Screenshot showing the problem Export of shapes with gradient fill to PDF does not seem to work. Steps to reproduce: 1) Create a blank presentation; insert a single shape to the slide 2) Right-click
Issue SOLVED in LO DEV 7.4.2.0.0+

Description Camaleón 2022-08-20 11:57:21 UTC
Description:
After updating to LO 7.4.0.3, every single writer document I open (either new or old ones) it renders a very bad text hinting for every font type.

Font rendering inside a text box is perfectly fine (see attached image for a visual sample of the issue). 

Document font: Georgia 13 pt. UI font rendering is also fine (Tahoma 8 pt).

Steps to Reproduce:
1. For text inside a document, font rendering is bad.
2. For text inside a text box, font rendering is fine.
3. System: Debian 11 (64 bits), XFCE 4.16, Xorg.

Actual Results:
Font render on the document looks ugly

Expected Results:
Font render on the document should be fine


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.4.0.3 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: f85e47c08ddd19c015c0114a68350214f7066f5a
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.10; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: es-ES (es_ES.UTF-8); UI: es-ES
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Camaleón 2022-08-20 11:58:25 UTC
Created attachment 181898 [details]
Document fonts look ugly, fine when placed in text boxed
Comment 2 Camaleón 2022-08-20 16:50:23 UTC
Loading LO with generic X11 just works fine and text of the document and text in a box both render fine (see attached image):

sm01@stt008:~$ export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen
sm01@stt008:~$ /opt/libreoffice7.4/program/soffice --writer
Comment 3 Camaleón 2022-08-20 16:51:10 UTC
Created attachment 181908 [details]
Loading vcl generic renders font fine
Comment 4 Camaleón 2022-08-20 17:48:53 UTC
More info:

- On LO 7.3.1.2 fonts renderings worked fine.
- I can also reproduce the problem on my Debian testing system (LO 7.4.0.3).
- Adding a snapshot of my XFCE fonts settings config.
Comment 5 Camaleón 2022-08-20 17:49:49 UTC
Created attachment 181914 [details]
XFCE system fonts settings (aliasing, hinting...)
Comment 6 Timur 2022-08-22 18:46:56 UTC
please see if a duplicate of bug 150507. 
There was a fix trial there today so please test daily master with that fix.
Comment 7 Camaleón 2022-08-23 07:38:33 UTC
Just tested with:

Version: 7.4.1.0.0+ / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 9ad83843742354312cd543bfbed286c9f52baf1a
CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.18; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: es-ES (es_ES.UTF-8); UI: es-ES
Calc: threaded

But the issue is still there (see attached snapshot).

In my case, «SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen» does make a difference (see comment #2).
Comment 8 Camaleón 2022-08-23 07:40:50 UTC
Created attachment 181972 [details]
LO 7.4.1, issue still present
Comment 9 inbaraj 2022-09-11 08:34:31 UTC
Created attachment 182385 [details]
After updating to LO 7.4.0.0 alpha every single writer document I open (either new or old ones) it renders a very bad text hinting for every font type.  Font rendering inside a text box is perfectly f

REPRODUCED

STEPS FOLLOWED:
Screenshot showing the problem

Export of shapes with gradient fill to PDF does not seem to work.

Steps to reproduce:
1) Create a blank presentation; insert a single shape to the slide
2) Right-click the shape - Area
3) Select "Gradient"; Type "Radial"; Increment "Automatic"; Center X/Y: 50% for both; From color "Dark Blue 1"; To color "Dark Blue 3" (other colors show the same behavior)
4) Click OK; notice that the gradient will look fine in Impress
5) Export to PDF; open the PDF file and notice that the gradient was not exported correctly

See attached image comparing what I see in Impress and what I get as the PDF output.

ENVIRONMENT:
 Libre office 7.4.0.0 alpha Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon
Comment 10 inbaraj 2022-09-11 09:44:02 UTC
Created attachment 182386 [details]
Screenshot showing the problem  Export of shapes with gradient fill to PDF does not seem to work.  Steps to reproduce: 1) Create a blank presentation; insert a single shape to the slide 2) Right-click

REPRODUCED

STEPS FOLLOWED:
Screenshot showing the problem

Export of shapes with gradient fill to PDF does not seem to work.

Steps to reproduce:
1) Create a blank presentation; insert a single shape to the slide
2) Right-click the shape - Area
3) Select "Gradient"; Type "Radial"; Increment "Automatic"; Center X/Y: 50% for both; From color "Dark Blue 1"; To color "Dark Blue 3" (other colors show the same behavior)
4) Click OK; notice that the gradient will look fine in Impress
5) Export to PDF; open the PDF file and notice that the gradient was not exported correctly

See attached image comparing what I see in Impress and what I get as the PDF output.

ENVIRONMENT:
 Libre office 7.4.0.0 alpha Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon
Comment 11 inbaraj 2022-09-11 10:39:20 UTC
Created attachment 182389 [details]
Screenshot showing the problem  Export of shapes with gradient fill to PDF does not seem to work.  Steps to reproduce: 1) Create a blank presentation; insert a single shape to the slide 2) Right-click

NOT REPRODUCED

STEPS FOLLOWED:
Screenshot showing the problem

Export of shapes with gradient fill to PDF does not seem to work.

Steps to reproduce:
1) Create a blank presentation; insert a single shape to the slide
2) Right-click the shape - Area
3) Select "Gradient"; Type "Radial"; Increment "Automatic"; Center X/Y: 50% for both; From color "Dark Blue 1"; To color "Dark Blue 3" (other colors show the same behavior)
4) Click OK; notice that the gradient will look fine in Impress
5) Export to PDF; open the PDF file and notice that the gradient was  exported correctly
6)in the version of libre office 7.4.0.0 the bug was fixed.

See attached image comparing what I see in Impress and what I get as the PDF output.

ENVIRONMENT:
 Libre office 7.4.0.0 alpha Linux Mint 20.2 Cinnamon
Comment 12 Camaleón 2022-09-16 07:23:01 UTC
This issue seems to be SOLVED in LibreOffice development version 7.4.2.0.0+.
See attached image.
Comment 13 Camaleón 2022-09-16 07:23:51 UTC
Created attachment 182485 [details]
Issue SOLVED in LO DEV 7.4.2.0.0+
Comment 14 Timur 2022-09-16 10:42:10 UTC
Thanks for retest. Probably a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 150507 ***