From: Luis Felipe via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org>
To: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@ist.tugraz.at>
Cc: Christophe Pisteur <christophe.pisteur@fsfe.org>, 57242@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57242: GNOME is missing default font (cantarell)
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:53:47 +0000 [thread overview]
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On Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 at 13:54, Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@ist.tugraz.at> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, dem 16.08.2022 um 12:04 +0200 schrieb Christophe Pisteur:
>
> > ## Steps to reproduce
> >
> > The following steps assume you are using Guix System with GNOME
> > desktop.
> >
> > 1. Boot with a 5.18 kernel
> > 2. Connect with GDM / X11 to the Gnome desktop
> >
> > ## Expected result
> >
> > + The gnome desktop interface uses the default Cantarell font (as in
> > 5.17 kernel)
> > + Cantarell font is available in applications (for example LibreOffice)
> >
> > ## Unexpected result
> >
> > + the Cantarell, font which is the default font of the gnome desktop,
> > is not used in the Gnome interface
> > + gnome-tweaks, which allows to select the interface font, does not
> > list the Cantarell font
> > + Cantarell font is not proposed by LibreOffice 7.5.3 either
> >
> > see: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2022-08/msg00110.html
> >
> > ## Workaround
> >
> > Thank to https://luis-felipe.gitlab.io/:
> >
> > 1. guix install font-abattis-cantarell
> > 2. fc-cache -rv
> > 3. Reload GNOME Shell (press Alt+F2, type the letter r in the command
> > box, and press Enter)
>
> Is the first step really needed? Cantarell should already be part of
> gnome-service-type.
I just rolled back my profile to a generation previous to installing (1), performed (2) and (3) again, and the desktop is still using cantarell, so I it seems (1) is not needed after all.
> In any case, troubles with fonts are to be expected under some
> circumstances. See `info "(guix)Application Setup"', particularly
> paragraph 2.6.3 X11 Fonts. Your issue also has probably little to do
> with linux-libre but rather the fact that an update from pre-5.18 to
> now brings in lots of package changes. IIRC the great Cantarell break
> was a rather recent event, though I'm not sure what caused it.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-16 10:04 bug#57242: GNOME is missing default font (cantarell) Christophe Pisteur
2022-08-16 13:54 ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2022-08-16 17:53 ` Luis Felipe via Bug reports for GNU Guix [this message]
2022-08-19 14:34 ` Maxim Cournoyer
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