bug#26659: [contact.ng0@cryptolab.net: Re: fonts bug in icecat?]

[ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net>]

I am closing this bugreport as the fonts in Icecat are all visible and selectable now.
jp.wikipedia.org has no problems and this page http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/unicode_samples.html
used to be 95% unicode "boxes", now it displays 100% correcly (if you exclude CJK Unified
Ideographs Extension B, C and some private Area stuff).

Most operating systems have a "post-install" hook which runs fc-cache and other things.
I forget about this, to be reminded of things you used to do years ago is good.

Maybe I should just set a user-cronjob with this and forget about it again.
ng0 transcribed 4.4K bytes:
> I have run 'fc-cache -rfv' and now at least the following happened:
> 
> * libreoffice has visible text again
> * xfce4-terminal can select every installed font (but does not display every preview of it correct)
> * icecat is unchanged
> 
> I'm waiting for the profile software update and will look into more effects tomorrow.
> 
> ng0 transcribed 102K bytes:
> > Well it is worse than icecat now that I have removed every WM/DM but Xfce4.
> > 
> > Most applications still display text, but libreoffice can be seen in the appended screenshot.
> > ng0 transcribed 3.4K bytes:
> > > Chris Marusich transcribed 237K bytes:
> > > > ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net> 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 <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 2:05 PM, ng0 <contact.ng0@cryptolab.net> 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
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