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Came across this bug today because I cannot use Ubuntu Medium/Bold
correctly in neither Libreoffice (5.1.4-0ubuntu1) nor Inkscape (0.91
r13725) under Kubuntu 16.04. The System was installed from scratch and
updates are recent.

I have tried the ttf-ubuntu-font-family/xenial package (0.83-0ubuntu2)
as well as downloaded Versions from both font.ubuntu.com (0.83 too) and
fontsquirrel.com.

In LOO I get all weights under the "Ubuntu" Family entry, except
"Medium" -- interestingly Light Italic/Italic/Medium Italic/Bold Italic
are there and working! Non-Italic only Light, Regular and Bold show up
as Styles. There is no separate Light/Medium Family, only Condensed and
Mono.

In Inkscape, otoh, I have Medium/Medium Italic, but no Bold styles.

All available Styles are rendered correctly, i. e. "Regular" is normal,
not Medium, etc. In Inkscape I can get a text set to correct Bold style
if I enter "Bold" in the Style Dropdown manually.

I am sure this is supposedly not the correct place to put this report -
maybe someone can point me somewhere better. Maybe it is a regression,
though. A quick look into Ubuntu-M.ttf showed the "Ubuntu Light" thing,
and I have also read Bug 744812, but found it it also quite dated and
complex.

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Title:
  Libreoffice chooses incorrect font weight

Status in Fontconfig:
  Fix Released
Status in Ubuntu Font Family:
  Invalid
Status in fontconfig package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-font-family-sources package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-font-family-sources source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-font-family-sources source package in Raring:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  How to fix the problem:

  See comments on wrong "Ubuntu Light" font family being specified in
  the information of Ubuntu-M.ttf.

  You can fix the problem manually by installing fontforge program,
  going to Open dialog, navigating in it to /usr/share/fonts/truetype
  /ubuntu-font-family/ and opening Ubuntu-M.ttf. In Element -> Font
  Info, you can fix the family on the first page, and then export the
  font with File -> Generate Fonts, selecting the type "TrueType". Save
  to somewhere in your home folder first, accept the warnings, then in a
  terminal window / command line type:

  sudo mv Ubuntu-M.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family
  sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig

  Attached to this bug report is also a branch of the Ubuntu packaging
  that includes this manually modified Ubuntu-M.ttf, since the sources
  seem not to be editable with free tools.

  
  Original description:

  After installing the Ubuntu Font 0.80-0ubuntu3+console from quantal I
  have the added "Medium" font weight:-

  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-B.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-RI.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-MI.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-LI.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-RI.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-M.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-BI.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-B.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-L.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-C.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-BI.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/UbuntuMono-R.ttf
  /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-R.ttf

  If I install this font and choose "Ubuntu Light" in LibreOffice, it
  actually picks the "Medium" font weight. If I remove the medium font
  weight files and restart LibreOffice it chooses the right weight
  again. It seems related to bug 744812.

  Screenshots show the issue.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: libreoffice-writer 1:3.6.1~rc2-1ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Sep 21 17:34:30 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120102)
  SourcePackage: libreoffice
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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