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bug#41132: [core-updates]: Fonts not working on foreign distro (Debian)
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Marius Bakke |
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bug#41132: [core-updates]: Fonts not working on foreign distro (Debian) |
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Fri, 08 May 2020 10:59:46 +0200 |
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Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:
> I'm having trouble with Guix packages using fonts from my Debian 10
> system after a core-updates merge.
>
> Using Inkscape from core-updates, the text I put in my SVG files fails
> to display. When I look at the Inkscape 'Text and Font' tool, it shows
> my chosen font with a red line through it, as though it can't find it.
> It's similar with Hexchat; it no longer sees most of the fonts installed
> by Debian.
Just to be clear, these programs are able to find fonts you have
installed through Guix, right?
> The specific fonts in question are the URW fonts, aka the "PostScript
> fonts", provided by Debian's gsfonts and gsfonts-x11 packages.
Are those the only affected fonts?
> $ fc-cache -rv
[...]
> /home/leo/.local/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> /home/leo/.local/share/fonts: failed to write cache
[...]
> /home/leo/.fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> /home/leo/.fonts: failed to write cache
[...]
> fc-cache: failed
FWIW the new fc-cache fails for me on Guix System too if I create these
empty directories.
Can you inspect 'fc-list ' with the new and old fontconfig? Are there
differences?
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