{"id":35585,"date":"2021-11-08T15:18:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T15:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=35585"},"modified":"2021-11-08T15:18:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T15:18:21","slug":"pixelated-font-ubuntu-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/11\/pixelated-font-ubuntu-software\/","title":{"rendered":"[Workaround] Blurry \/ Pixelated Text Font in Ubuntu Software of Ubuntu 21.10"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Ubuntu Software app in Ubuntu 21.10 Impish has an ugly font rendering on default Wayland. The text in the app looks a bit pixelated.<\/p>\n

I found the issue firstly when Impish was in beta stage. The issue<\/a> was reported to also affect LibreOffice, Chromium, and other Snap apps, though most of them has been updated with it fixed.<\/p>\n

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Ubuntu Software with Bad Font<\/p><\/div>\n

According to Daniel van Vugt<\/a>, this issue is caused by a few key settings change. The following keys has been removed in Ubuntu 21.10:<\/p>\n

org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings antialiasing
\norg.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings hinting
\norg.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings rgba-order<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And, following ones take the places instead:<\/p>\n

org.gnome.desktop.interface font-antialiasing
\norg.gnome.desktop.interface font-hinting
\norg.gnome.desktop.interface font-rgba-order<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not only Snap apps, but also font-manager and Gnome Tweaks are affected by this change. And, Ubuntu Software (aka “Snap Store”) has fixed the issue in via the current beta release.<\/p>\n

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Snap Store Beta<\/p><\/div>\n

Upgrade Snap Store via Beta Channel:<\/h3>\n

So the solution is either wait until Canonical published the update, or update Snap Store (Ubuntu Software) through beta channel if you use it regularly.<\/p>\n

To do so, simply press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal, and then run command:<\/p>\n

snap refresh --channel beta snap-store<\/pre>\n
After that, font will be properly loaded next boot.<\/p>\n
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If you’ve found that Snap Store in stable channel has been updated to version higher than “3.38.0-66”. You may revert back by running command:<\/p>\n
snap refresh --channel stable snap-store<\/pre>\n
That’s it. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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