From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Todor_Kondi=C4=87?= Subject: Re: Icecat displays mahjong characters instead of alphabet Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:55:44 +0000 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: =?UTF-8?Q?Todor_Kondi=C4=87?= Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35441) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1irgL5-0005Sh-0C for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jan 2020 05:55:56 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1irgL3-0000np-KA for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jan 2020 05:55:54 -0500 Received: from mail2.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.22]:18835) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1irgL3-0000me-EA for help-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Jan 2020 05:55:53 -0500 In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: "help-guix\\@gnu.org" On Wednesday, 15 January 2020 11:53, Todor Kondi=C4=87 wrote: > I know similar questions have been asked here and the problem came and we= nt time and again for me personally, but here I am, a new Guix/PopOs instal= lation and icecat throwing fits. > > The icecat GUI (including the input text boxes), as well as some websites= display blocks instead of characters. Some other websites do show fonts co= rrectly. > > Possibly relevant errors: > ... > Gtk-Message: 10:48:16.732: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" > Gtk-Message: 10:48:16.734: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" > Gtk-Message: 10:48:16.815: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module" > > (/gnu/store/73j8fcmalx3asc5gy0rd2rcij0wqgn9v-icecat-68.4.1-guix0-preview1= /lib/icecat/.icecat-real:4621): Pango-WARNING **: 10:48:16.816: failed to c= reate cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'Nimbus = Sans L 9.9990234375' > ... > > The abovementioned Nimbus Sans does show up in my fc-list: > fc-list|grep "Nimbus Sans" > /gnu/store/8ppj83wc1mmrdydh9cy7vqvg0bym8l0q-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/typ= e1/ghostscript/n019003l.pfb: Nimbus Sans L:style=3DRegular > /gnu/store/8ppj83wc1mmrdydh9cy7vqvg0bym8l0q-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/typ= e1/ghostscript/n019044l.pfb: Nimbus Sans L:style=3DBold Condensed > /gnu/store/8ppj83wc1mmrdydh9cy7vqvg0bym8l0q-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/typ= e1/ghostscript/n019023l.pfb: Nimbus Sans L:style=3DRegular Italic > /gnu/store/8ppj83wc1mmrdydh9cy7vqvg0bym8l0q-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/typ= e1/ghostscript/n019063l.pfb: Nimbus Sans L:style=3DRegular Condensed Italic > /gnu/store/8ppj83wc1mmrdydh9cy7vqvg0bym8l0q-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/typ= e1/ghostscript/n019004l.pfb: Nimbus Sans L:style=3DBold > /gnu/store/8ppj83wc1mmrdydh9cy7vqvg0bym8l0q-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/typ= e1/ghostscript/n019043l.pfb: Nimbus Sans L:style=3DRegular Condensed > /gnu/store/8ppj83wc1mmrdydh9cy7vqvg0bym8l0q-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/typ= e1/ghostscript/n019024l.pfb: Nimbus Sans L:style=3DBold Italic > /gnu/store/8ppj83wc1mmrdydh9cy7vqvg0bym8l0q-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/typ= e1/ghostscript/n019064l.pfb: Nimbus Sans L:style=3DBold Condensed Italic > > I have installed font-dejavu and font-liberation (as well as some other f= onts) and I also installed fontconfig from guix. That fc-cache has been run= in '-f' and '-r' forms. I have also tried with the system's /usr/bin/fc-ca= che. Both XDG_DATA_DIRS and XDG_CONFIG_DIRS have been set. > > I am running a multiprofile setup, similar to the one described in the co= okbook (https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/guix-cookbook.html#Advanced-packag= e-management) > > icecat version: GNU IceCat 68.4.1esr > guix version: 09bad3cd42ca51974f3697f04ce841bf2fe6786c ... now is see that the mentioned "Nimbus Sans" is part of the ghostscript = collection of fonts. Is this GUI compatible?