After I upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 I have a problem with the fonts in some apps.
When I use gvim or fontconfig, all the fonts available look the same. It doesn't matter which one I chose, it always defaults to the same ugly default. When I try to choose a different font in gnome-terminal preferences, it crashes.
Font usage in libreoffice is fine.
I have removed all the files in /var/cache/fontconfig. I issued fc-cache -r. I removed ~/.fonts directory. I uninstalled and reinstalled all the ttf-* packages and some more.
What else can I try ?
Best Answer
Removing the following packages fixed this for me:
I solved it uninstalling pango-graphite and pango libs.
gnome-terminal just crashed and among all the libs listed in the dump, there was something about libpango. I checked what package provided it using:
( Sorry I don't type the exact file, I couldn't write it down )
Then I removed the package and the fonts suddenly worked again. Maybe it was an old lib that kept around from an old installation. Other Ubuntu desktops I own don't have this libs installed.