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[Dylan McCall <dylanmccall@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for pointing that out, Paul. Looks like optimizeLegibility
does fix things in some places.

So, I'm committing the change you suggested. Here is a before and after screenshot for one title that changes noticeably:
http://people.ubuntu.com/~dylanmccall/ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu/bugs/lp688512/1Before.png
http://people.ubuntu.com/~dylanmccall/ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu/bugs/lp688512/1After.png

I don't have much of an eye for fonts, unfortunately. Please let me know
if this can be improved any more :)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/688512

Title:
  Installation slideshow: Tracking in large text is off

Status in “ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Apparently the larger text rendered in the Ubuntu Font Family has broken kerning/tracking in the installer slideshow.

The relevant slides are HTML files that can be found in the 'ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu' source package at:

  ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu-29/slideshows/ubuntu/slides/*.html

This should be a manifestation of bug #617522 "does not use kerning tables at >20px (text-rendering: optimizeLegibility)"

ubiquity-gtk is using webkit; webkit had a patch included a year ago that enables the CSS "text-rendering: optimiseSpeed vs. optimizeLegibility" properties in a similar manner to Firefox.  It may be enough to set these.