So this result from Dmitry:
It's a weird scenario, but evaluating this in 'emacs -Q' will make
characters render more narrowly (and a little shorter) than it did
previously:
(set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 110 :family "Inconsolata_dz")
See the attached screenshot with comparison (master is on the left).
Indeed, weird. What does the below show?
M-: (face-font 'default) RET
after you evaluate the above in "emacs -Q"?
"-DAMA-Ubuntu Condensed-regular-normal-normal-*-29-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1"
is not reproduced on your system, is that right?