From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: "Björn Höfling" <bjoern.hoefling@bjoernhoefling.de>
Cc: 32835@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32835: Icecat is missing fonts (on foreign distro)
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 22:05:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wor95omx.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180925154947.6367d8d4@alma-ubu>
Björn Höfling <bjoern.hoefling@bjoernhoefling.de> writes:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 11:25:40 +0200
> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:
>
>> Björn Höfling <bjoern.hoefling@bjoernhoefling.de> writes:
>>
>> > When Icecat is up, it looks "normal" and can be used normally [the
>> > more images a site uses, the better the user experience is :-)],
>> > just that ALL letters are just boxes with numbers in them (i.e.
>> > what you usually see only partially when some wired UTF-sign is not
>> > installed).
>>
>> Does this happen even after installing fonts and running “fc-cache
>> -f”?
>>
>
> Do I have to do that in Guix or on the foreign distro?
On the foreign distro.
> If in Guix, where is fc-cache and which font package should I choose?
The “fontconfig” package provides fc-cache. See the subsection “X11
Fonts” under “Application Setup” in the manual.
--
Ricardo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-25 20:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-25 7:04 bug#32835: Icecat is missing fonts (on foreign distro) Björn Höfling
2018-09-25 8:36 ` Julien Lepiller
2018-09-25 9:25 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-09-25 13:49 ` Björn Höfling
2018-09-25 20:05 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2018-09-25 16:48 ` Mike Gerwitz
2019-10-23 10:56 ` Mark H Weaver
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