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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=famulari.name header.s=mesmtp header.b=wjwfdeHN; dkim=pass header.d=messagingengine.com header.s=fm2 header.b=A6Etmkht; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: 0.29 X-TUID: diKJ03FYKwSr On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 04:50:12PM +0200, Marius Bakke wrote: > This is a hack to make (some) fonts working when users don't have fonts > specified in their system configuration, and (crucially) places where > the fontconfig cache may be unavailable such as 'guix pack's. > > I'm not sure whether font-dejavu is a good replacement here. Another > approach could be to convert gs-fonts to TrueType or OpenType format. > > Thoughts? I don't know much about fonts and would appreciate feedback. I think you should push right away, assuming that it helps and doesn't rebuild the world. The gs-fonts are important for printing so we might need a real fix later but for now a quick fix is the right thing.