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Title:
  Upgrading fontconfig-config causes fonts to look aliased

Status in fontconfig package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in fonts-dejavu package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 dev and upgrading fontconfig-config to version
  2.12.6-0ubuntu1 changed its dependencies from "fonts-dejavu-core |
  ttf-bitstream-vera | fonts-freefont-ttf | gsfonts-x11, ucf (>= 0.29)"
  to "ucf (>= 0.29), fonts-dejavu-core | ttf-bitstream-vera | fonts-
  liberation | fonts-freefont" which caused at default fonts-dejavu-core
  being additionally installed.

  My system has also ttf-mscorefonts-installer installed which utilizes
  custom rules to emulate the sharp looking fonts behavior Windows
  systems had. But installing fonts-dejavu-core alone causes this sharp
  look to get aliased again in the most places. A workaround for
  fontconfig-config is to install fonts-liberation as it seems to not
  break the sharp look.

  I can't tell exactly which of the 3 possible packages is the main cause for this issue:
  - Is that the installation of fonts-dejavu-core alone breaks the look a bug?
  - Needs ttf-mscorefonts-installer an update to take over priority or such?
  - Or is it possible that fontconfig-config could also technically support ttf-mscorefonts-installer as additional fonts dependency choice?

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