[systemsettings] [Bug 326971] system settings / application appearace / fonts - DEFAULT button - resets the font information WRONG

[Alex]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326971

--- Comment #6 from Alex <m8r-k8qott at mailinator.com> ---
It looks like the problem is that the file ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf is
created, even without any "Apply" or "OK" being clicked in the GUI (system
settings/ application appearance / Fonts). Furthermore, this file is made to
include a wrong value for "hintstyle", namely "hintmedium".

Deleting this file restores the correct system fonts, but if you visit the
fontsettings again then the file is recreated and the problem comes back. A
slightly more permanent workaround is to replace "hintmedium" in this file with
"hintnone" as this doesn't get overwritten. However, this is obviously a bodge
and not a proper fix, and it might not play well if you actually try to modify
the font settings from the GUI.

Other people have referred to parts of this problem, but I can't find a bug
report that is exactly the same as this one, so I don't think this is an exact
duplicate.

These are similar/related:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105797 (from 2005!)
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=245664
(~/.fonts.conf is the old version of ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf)

and it is also mentioned at the end of
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=304317
and in the forum post
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/archive/index.php/t-55941.html

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