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[ledgekindred <569396@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm also seeing this problem on 10.04 with all updates applied.  It has
worked fine in previous versions of Ubuntu.

As a full-time Java developer on linux, I wouldn't classify this as an
"annoyance" but as severe.  It affects any Java program trying to use
monospaced italic fonts.  So if you are doing any kind of java UI
development, you cannot use Ubuntu 10.04 if you expect it to display
correctly.

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Monospace italic font is not monospace in java (regression)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/569396
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Status in OpenJDK: New
Status in “openjdk-6” package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “sun-java6” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Binary package hint: fontconfig

First noticed in IntelliJ IDEA (java IDE): All italic text in editor is non-monospace in ubuntu 10.04. It has always been monospace in all previous versions of ubuntu.

Can be reproduced in JEdit too:
1. Open/Create any.sh file
2. Type in two lines:
_miii
#miii
3. Go to "Utilities-> Quick Settings -> Edit syntax style of token under caret" and select italic (so comments will be shown italic).

Result: Width of two lines is different, non-monospace font is used.
Expected: Comments are italic but still monospace.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: fontconfig 2.8.0-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic-pae 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 24 13:39:27 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8
 LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8
SourcePackage: fontconfig