Testing a new font

Testing a new font

[Simen Endsjø]

Hi, I'm new to Guix (still running in VM) trying to add a new 
font, but it
doesn't show up in gnome-tweaks or other places.

I added the font the font to fonts.scm, and ran
$ ./pre-inst-env guix install font-iosevka-aile

I can see the fonts in ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype, but 
it doesn't seem
like they're available anywhere.

Tried running
$ sudo fc-cache -f ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype

but that didn't help either. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Re: Testing a new font

[Efraim Flashner]

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On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 02:08:49PM +0200, Simen Endsjø wrote:
> 
> Hi, I'm new to Guix (still running in VM) trying to add a new font, but it
> doesn't show up in gnome-tweaks or other places.
> 
> I added the font the font to fonts.scm, and ran
> $ ./pre-inst-env guix install font-iosevka-aile
> 
> I can see the fonts in ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype, but it doesn't
> seem
> like they're available anywhere.
> 
> Tried running
> $ sudo fc-cache -f ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype
> 
> but that didn't help either. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

You only need to run 'fc-cache -frv', no need for the sudo or the path.
Actually all of 'frv' aren't needed but it's the combination of flags I
use.

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Re: Testing a new font

[Pierre Neidhardt]

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Simen Endsjø <simendsjo@gmail.com> writes:

> Tried running
> $ sudo fc-cache -f ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype

I think the command you want is

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ fc-cache -fv
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

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Re: Testing a new font

[Simen Endsjø]

Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:

> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 02:08:49PM +0200, Simen Endsjø wrote:
>>
>> Hi, I'm new to Guix (still running in VM) trying to add a new 
>> font, but it
>> doesn't show up in gnome-tweaks or other places.
>>
>> I added the font the font to fonts.scm, and ran
>> $ ./pre-inst-env guix install font-iosevka-aile
>>
>> I can see the fonts in ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype, 
>> but it doesn't
>> seem
>> like they're available anywhere.
>>
>> Tried running
>> $ sudo fc-cache -f ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype
>>
>> but that didn't help either. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
>
> You only need to run 'fc-cache -frv', no need for the sudo or 
> the path.
> Actually all of 'frv' aren't needed but it's the combination of 
> flags I
> use.

Thanks! Works like a charm :) Next up is trying to submit patches.

Re: Testing a new font

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice]

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Efraim Flashner 写道：
> You only need to run 'fc-cache -frv', no need for the sudo or 
> the path.

Pay close attention to its output the first time, since running ’$ 
sudo fc-cache’ earlier might have created root-owned caches that 
foul things up and will need to be manually removed (with ‘$ sudo 
rm’) before running ‘$ fc-cache -rv’ a second time.

> Actually all of 'frv' aren't needed but it's the combination of 
> flags I
> use.

It's remarkably common.  ‘-r’ already implies ‘-f’ and stands for 
‘really f[orce]’, which is my guess as to why so many brains 
remember ‘-rf’ instead.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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Re: Testing a new font

[Simen Endsjø]

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> writes:

> Efraim Flashner 写道：
>> You only need to run 'fc-cache -frv', no need for the sudo or 
>> the path.
>
> Pay close attention to its output the first time, since running 
> ’$ sudo
> fc-cache’ earlier might have created root-owned caches that foul 
> things up and
> will need to be manually removed (with ‘$ sudo rm’) before 
> running ‘$ fc-cache
> -rv’ a second time.

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't get any errors or warnings that 
I see, so I
guess everything is fine.