Ubuntu Font Family

[nc] Hinting: Mono: ClearType(?): Ubuntu Mono on gVim under Windows XP+Win7 draws garbage around characters

Bug #862709 reported by Federico Panico
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Ubuntu Font Family
Triaged
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Shiraaz Gabru
Ubuntu Font Family 0.91-hinting

Bug Description

I've installed (today, september 29th) Ubuntu Mono from http://font.ubuntu.com/ on Windows XP.

Using it on gVim at 13px, numbers for line numbers are surronded by garbage pixels.

You have to set relativenumber (:set relativenumber) and then scroll in any direction. The trick happens because numbers are redrawn at fast speed.

Attaching screenshot.

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Federico Panico (bpm230-gmail-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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Paul Sladen (sladen) wrote :

Federico: it looks more like a graphics driver bug. Can you produce it across reboots, or other sizes of the font in gVim?

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Federico Panico (bpm230-gmail-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

It happens at these sizes: 11, 13, 14, 16,17, 19, 20.
It doesn't happen at 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 21.

Different colorschemes produce the same results.
If I switch windows, the garbage dissapears.
Never happened with other monospaced fonts I've tried.

I will try this configuration at home asap (win7 and completely different computer).

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Federico Panico (bpm230-gmail-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Tested on Win7, same gVim version, same configuration. I can still reproduce the bug.

Paul Sladen (sladen)
summary: - Ubuntu Mono on gVim under Windows XP draws garbage around characters
+ ClearType(?): Ubuntu Mono on gVim under Windows XP draws garbage around
+ characters
summary: - ClearType(?): Ubuntu Mono on gVim under Windows XP draws garbage around
- characters
+ ClearType(?): Ubuntu Mono on gVim under Windows XP+Win7 draws garbage
+ around characters
Changed in ubuntu-font-family:
milestone: none → 0.81
status: New → Incomplete
assignee: nobody → Shiraaz Gabru (shiraaz)
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Paul Sladen (sladen) wrote : Re: ClearType(?): Ubuntu Mono on gVim under Windows XP+Win7 draws garbage around characters

I wonder if it's related to the ClearType width-fiddling (using the manual hinting, but then diving in and altering the node positions afterwards). See also bug #801716 with the proportional 'w' under MS Windows.

Either way, I think this is going to require some debugging by the experts who know the Microsoft font stack interacts a little better). Shiraaz: could you pass this onto Vinnie/Malcolm to look at?

  gVim: http://www.vim.org/download.php#pc

Federico: what's the exact sequence of key presses/commands to get gVim showing the line numbering with the issue from a fresh install of gVim?

Changed in ubuntu-font-family:
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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Federico Panico (bpm230-gmail-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Open a long file so there will be a lot of scroll. Then in command mode do:
:set relativenumber
:set guifont=Ubuntu_Mono:h13

Now scroll with scroll wheel or j/k and look at line numbers on the left.

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Federico Panico (bpm230-gmail-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

On WinXP, if I choose standard font-smoothing or deactivate it completely, the bug is not reproducible.

Paul Sladen (sladen)
summary: - ClearType(?): Ubuntu Mono on gVim under Windows XP+Win7 draws garbage
- around characters
+ Mono: Hinting: ClearType(?): Ubuntu Mono on gVim under Windows XP+Win7
+ draws garbage around characters
Paul Sladen (sladen)
summary: - Mono: Hinting: ClearType(?): Ubuntu Mono on gVim under Windows XP+Win7
+ Hinting: Mono: ClearType(?): Ubuntu Mono on gVim under Windows XP+Win7
draws garbage around characters
Shiraaz Gabru (shiraaz)
Changed in ubuntu-font-family:
milestone: 0.81 → 0.9x-hinting
Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
summary: - Hinting: Mono: ClearType(?): Ubuntu Mono on gVim under Windows XP+Win7
- draws garbage around characters
+ [nc] Hinting: Mono: ClearType(?): Ubuntu Mono on gVim under Windows
+ XP+Win7 draws garbage around characters
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