WINE Changed System Font...

[Loafers]

I am running Ubuntu 9.04 and when I installed WINE and rebooted, my fonts were noticeably different... How do I revert without uninstalling WINE? I'm guessing WINE installed msttf or something like that. I've had this problem in the past and could never revert even if I removed msttf... Very irritating

[JuryS]

sudo dpkg -P msttf

[JuryS]

Also you may run:
sudo dpkg --purge ttf-arphic-uming ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-thai-tlwg ttf-arabeyes ttf-indic-fonts-core ttf-lao ttf-malayalam-fonts ttf-unfonts-core

I'm remove all this fonts, because when I'm run Wine application all this fonts using by Wine, cached and only after application started (Very slowly startup).

[DaVince]

I am running Ubuntu 9.04 and when I installed WINE and rebooted

You don't need to reboot your system after you have installed software. Even software that's supposed to launch special services just starts them on-the-spot, meaning you probably almost never have to reboot when installing something new (unless Ubuntu explicitly tells you so with a "recycling arrows" kind of icon in the system tray.

[Loafers]

Also you may run:
sudo dpkg --purge ttf-arphic-uming ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-thai-tlwg ttf-arabeyes ttf-indic-fonts-core ttf-lao ttf-malayalam-fonts ttf-unfonts-core

I'm remove all this fonts, because when I'm run Wine application all this fonts using by Wine, cached and only after application started (Very slowly startup).

Hi,
I tried that and the fonts are still the same.

Here is what my fonts look like without Wine (Click images for better detail):



With Wine (and all the recommended fonts purged):



The difference is negligible, but With Wine, the fonts appear to be smaller, cluttered, and not as smooth. The fact that the pictures below the article can be seen verifies this. I know I'm being crazy, but I use ubuntu default fonts for 5+ hours a day and if fonts change, it is noticeable to me.

I also deleted my fonts_config as well when removing the fonts didn't help. This will be the third time reinstalling Ubuntu because of fonts (I really really really love Ubuntu font rendering because it doesn't give me a headache).

Any suggestions before I reinstall?

[dimesio]

Any suggestions before I reinstall?

Wine itself does not change your system fonts, nor does it install msttcorefonts. If the Ubuntu packages are doing that, that's something added by the distro. If it bothers you, I'd suggest building Wine yourself in the future rather than using the Ubuntu packages.

[Loafers]

Wine itself does not change your system fonts, nor does it install msttcorefonts.

I installed WINE, rebooted, and while system fonts was not changed, Firefox fonts changed... and preferences are the same as before. And yes Wine doesn't install msttcorefonts so when I tried to purge, nothing happened b/c it wasn't installed.

If the Ubuntu packages are doing that, that's something added by the distro. If it bothers you, I'd suggest building Wine yourself in the future rather than using the Ubuntu packages.

Ok thanks for the suggestion. I'll remember that in the future. But for now, is there any hope ?

[Loafers]

Wine itself does not change your system fonts, nor does it install msttcorefonts.

I installed WINE, rebooted, and while system fonts was not changed, Firefox fonts changed... and preferences are the same as before. And yes Wine doesn't install msttcorefonts so when I tried to purge, nothing happened b/c it wasn't installed.

If the Ubuntu packages are doing that, that's something added by the distro. If it bothers you, I'd suggest building Wine yourself in the future rather than using the Ubuntu packages.

Ok thanks for the suggestion. I'll remember that in the future. But for now, is there any hope ?

Solved. Thanks for your assistance.