From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: bug#26659: [contact.ng0@cryptolab.net: Re: fonts bug in icecat?] Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 20:47:22 +0000 Message-ID: <20170430204722.jdkxylyjn535cvku@abyayala> References: <20170425201825.GA11441@jasmine> <20170425205205.6wuj6sm2lkq66gmn@abyayala> <20170426085407.mvzhprmvi7eejebs@abyayala> <20170426210509.6lzdmj5isiqbrooi@abyayala> <87fugpfx8h.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37974) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d4vlG-0002wz-RE for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:48:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d4vlC-0003xz-TR for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:48:06 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:49936) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1d4vlC-0003xn-M8 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:48:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d4vlB-0002j5-VS for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:48:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87fugpfx8h.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Chris Marusich Cc: Maxim Cournoyer , 26659@debbugs.gnu.org Chris Marusich transcribed 237K bytes: > ng0 writes: > > > Here is a visual display of some fonts: https://ptpb.pw/EQfV.png > > > > This is either related to icecat changes or to changes with font > > related packages. > > The same page (presumably http://www.bbc.com/) renders fine for me; no > boxes, all glyphs appear to be rendered correctly. In addition, system > fonts appear to be selectable for me in icecat. See attached files for > screenshots. Well this is odd. And you run GuixSD I assume? I wonder where the source for fonts being suddenly AWOL lies. I remember that they used to work. > I have not run 'guix pull' in the last week or two. Would you like me > to tell you anything about my system's configuration that might shed > light on the issue? I'm going to update my system later today, so if > there are any problems (or not), I'll let you know. Yes, that would be useful. > Maxim Cournoyer writes: > > > On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 2:05 PM, ng0 wrote: > > [...] > >>> >ng0 transcribed 1.1K bytes: > >>> >> Were you (or someone else) able to reproduce this? > >>> > >>> I never got the Japanese fonts working on GuixSD by following our info manual, and this was before those updates. > >> > >> Can you tell me exactly or roughly what you tried and what errors (not specific, in general) you > >> see in the current functioning system? It would be useful to get a clear view on > >> languages / localization specific issues to improve the system. > > > > I don't recall seeing any particular errors, I had simply followed > > section 2.6.3 X11 Fonts [1] and installed the suggested fonts using: > > "guix package -i font-adobe-source-han-sans:jp". > > > > Japanese characters were still displayed as boxes (with unicode? in > > them) in any software I tried following a system reboot (gnucash, > > icecat, etc.). > > > > [1]: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html > > FWIW, Japanese fonts work for me in all applications I have tried so > far, which includes Icecat, GNOME terminal, graphical emacs, and Gedit, > all on GNOME. I don't recall doing anything that wasn't described in > the manual. > > If you're interested in troubleshooting it, I'd like to help you get > Japanese fonts working. For starters, maybe this information will help: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > $ guix package --list-installed | grep font > font-gnu-freefont-ttf 20120503 out /gnu/store/4yk3w5yk8rn2cxzw2kq3ih7l515cy32d-font-gnu-freefont-ttf-20120503 > font-inconsolata 0.80 out /gnu/store/pd23zma09d50ssdww2a3v5xjaafxc8pm-font-inconsolata-0.80 > font-liberation 2.00.1 out /gnu/store/2wp4n6nvzhs9i6cj5c760x3s4xk3lhrk-font-liberation-2.00.1 > font-adobe-source-han-sans 1.004 out /gnu/store/44kyy0nlm2jap3z60gh1bq9s4gpkq3mi-font-adobe-source-han-sans-1.004 > font-terminus 4.40 out /gnu/store/l59m8b44dyiydgf6i3ckgwafdxi2zllw-font-terminus-4.40 > font-dejavu 2.37 out /gnu/store/bs8ky224vljlclrv547k4alz7386lawi-font-dejavu-2.37 > gs-fonts 8.11 out /gnu/store/z0as6gp6grsqs4a8knbxkcwbyxriqmgc-gs-fonts-8.11 > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > I see that I am not using the "jp" output of font-adobe-source-han-sans; > perhaps you can try again using the "out" output? > > -- > Chris -- https://pragmatique.xyz PGP: https://people.pragmatique.xyz/ng0/