Fonts anti-aliasing not working in KDE on Wayland for GTK apps

Hello, I am using the dragonized version and I insalled wayland. I do want to run some gtk apps like evolution. However, gtk apps are not rendering the fonts with anti-aliasing when running under wayland. Any idea how to fix this?

The output of garuda-inxi -

System:
Kernel: 6.4.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=09ce385c-a26f-41b0-905a-514abf34f353 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=25cf5e5f-b9f4-44b2-953c-31a6931dda48 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 7490 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0KP0FT v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
v: 1.25.0 date: 03/24/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 8.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 8.4/42.0 Wh (20.1%)
volts: 12.2 min: 11.4 model: BYD DELL 9W9MX87 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-8650U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x8E (142) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF2
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1348 high: 1513 min/max: 400/4200 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1300 2: 1300 3: 1300
4: 1340 5: 1513 6: 1432 7: 1300 8: 1300 bogomips: 33599
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5917
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:3
chip-ID: 1bcf:2b96 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.2
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x078d built: 2017 res: 1366x768
hz: 60 dpi: 112 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.3 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL
GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.4.2-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.73 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15d7 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Dell driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:003e class-ID: 0280 temp: 42.0 C
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7:4 chip-ID: 0cf3:e007
class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 39.18 GiB (16.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: SC311 SATA 256GB
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0P10 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 221.14 GiB size: 221.14 GiB (100.00%)
used: 39.18 GiB (17.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 221.14 GiB size: 221.14 GiB (100.00%)
used: 39.18 GiB (17.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 221.14 GiB size: 221.14 GiB (100.00%)
used: 39.18 GiB (17.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 221.14 GiB size: 221.14 GiB (100.00%)
used: 39.18 GiB (17.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.48 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 17.03 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 62.0 C pch: 54.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 307 Uptime: 2h 43m wakeups: 13 Memory: available: 15.48 GiB
used: 7.17 GiB (46.3%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1526
libs: 401 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.27
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2023-07-06
Last full system update: 2023-07-09
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

In this thread, someone with a similar issue resolved it by installing xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.

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That worked, thanks!

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