Need help displaying Unicode fonts in Icecat

Need help displaying Unicode fonts in Icecat

[Gary Johnson]

Hi Guix,

  I can't seem to get Unicode fonts to display in Icecat (and
Emacs...and really everywhere else too). I'm not a font wizard, so I'm
unsure how to resolve this issue. I've installed both of these packages:

- font-dejavu
- font-liberation

Then I ran "fc-cache -f" and rebooted my machine. Still, I'm not seeing
anything change unfortunately. I just get empty boxes where Unicode
symbols should be displayed.

Am I missing the correct font package? Do I need to edit a config file
somewhere? Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,
  Gary
  

Re: Need help displaying Unicode fonts in Icecat

[John Soo]

Hi Gary,

I’m not so sure about icecat configuration but emacs does require configuration for Unicode fonts.  The emacs wiki knows more than I do: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/UnicodeFonts

Hope that helps,

John

Re: Need help displaying Unicode fonts in Icecat

[j]

> Hi Guix,
>
>   I can't seem to get Unicode fonts to display in Icecat (and
> Emacs...and really everywhere else too). I'm not a font wizard, so I'm
> unsure how to resolve this issue. I've installed both of these packages:
>
> - font-dejavu
> - font-liberation
>
> Then I ran "fc-cache -f" and rebooted my machine. Still, I'm not seeing
> anything change unfortunately. I just get empty boxes where Unicode
> symbols should be displayed.
>
> Am I missing the correct font package? Do I need to edit a config file
> somewhere? Any advice would be appreciated.

Are you running Guix on top of another distribution? I had to add the
veriable XDG_DATA_DIRS to the environment, specifically
XDG_DATA_DIRS=$HOME/.guix-profile/share:/usr/share for Guix running on
Debian. The variable was set automagically full Guix systems.

HTH,
jr

Re: Need help displaying Unicode fonts in Icecat

[Gary Johnson]

> Are you running Guix on top of another distribution? I had to add the
> veriable XDG_DATA_DIRS to the environment, specifically
> XDG_DATA_DIRS=$HOME/.guix-profile/share:/usr/share for Guix running on
> Debian. The variable was set automagically full Guix systems.
>
> HTH,
> jr

Thanks, jr. I'm running GuixSD and I believe XDG_DATA_DIRS is set
correctly:

$ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS
/gnu/store/daxn8m96wk2d2jnz4mxllhk34iv5gjqp-shared-mime-info-1.9/share:/gnu/store/cgy82g6yv8l1chawgch47zh23b0jll3l-glib-2.56.3/share:/gnu/store/l35xlc0hk86qw7kwli8lkskdkxskxsif-gtk+-3.24.9/share:/gnu/store/fbf0h779z46cl55vdciv00m8s0ccfnyb-emacs-26.2/share:/gnu/store/daxn8m96wk2d2jnz4mxllhk34iv5gjqp-shared-mime-info-1.9/share:/gnu/store/cgy82g6yv8l1chawgch47zh23b0jll3l-glib-2.56.3/share:/gnu/store/l35xlc0hk86qw7kwli8lkskdkxskxsif-gtk+-3.24.9/share:/gnu/store/fbf0h779z46cl55vdciv00m8s0ccfnyb-emacs-26.2/share:/home/gjohnson/.guix-profile/share:/home/gjohnson/.guix-profile/share:/run/current-system/profile/share:/home/gjohnson/.guix-profile/share:/run/current-system/profile/share

I just see boxes in IceCat and Ungoogled-Chromium wherever Unicode
symbols are supposed to appear, so I don't know if there is another font
package that I need to install or some browser-specific configuration
files that I need to edit.

Re: Need help displaying Unicode fonts in Icecat

[Mark H Weaver]

Hi Gary,

Gary Johnson <lambdatronic@gmail.com> writes:

>> Are you running Guix on top of another distribution? I had to add the
>> veriable XDG_DATA_DIRS to the environment, specifically
>> XDG_DATA_DIRS=$HOME/.guix-profile/share:/usr/share for Guix running on
>> Debian. The variable was set automagically full Guix systems.
>>
>> HTH,
>> jr
>
> Thanks, jr. I'm running GuixSD and I believe XDG_DATA_DIRS is set
> correctly:
>
> $ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS
> /gnu/store/daxn8m96wk2d2jnz4mxllhk34iv5gjqp-shared-mime-info-1.9/share:/gnu/store/cgy82g6yv8l1chawgch47zh23b0jll3l-glib-2.56.3/share:/gnu/store/l35xlc0hk86qw7kwli8lkskdkxskxsif-gtk+-3.24.9/share:/gnu/store/fbf0h779z46cl55vdciv00m8s0ccfnyb-emacs-26.2/share:/gnu/store/daxn8m96wk2d2jnz4mxllhk34iv5gjqp-shared-mime-info-1.9/share:/gnu/store/cgy82g6yv8l1chawgch47zh23b0jll3l-glib-2.56.3/share:/gnu/store/l35xlc0hk86qw7kwli8lkskdkxskxsif-gtk+-3.24.9/share:/gnu/store/fbf0h779z46cl55vdciv00m8s0ccfnyb-emacs-26.2/share:/home/gjohnson/.guix-profile/share:/home/gjohnson/.guix-profile/share:/run/current-system/profile/share:/home/gjohnson/.guix-profile/share:/run/current-system/profile/share
>
> I just see boxes in IceCat and Ungoogled-Chromium wherever Unicode
> symbols are supposed to appear, so I don't know if there is another font
> package that I need to install or some browser-specific configuration
> files that I need to edit.

Are you sure that the environment variables are set in the IceCat
process?  The most reliable way to find out is to look in
/proc/<PID>/environ, where <PID> is the process ID of the IceCat
process.

Note that environment variables are not global to your session.  In
general, each process has its own set of environment variables which are
typically passed down from parent processes to child processes.  So, it
could be that your shells have the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable
set, but that your graphical window manager (or equivalent) doesn't have
it set.

If all else fails, I would recommend running IceCat within strace, like
this:

  strace -o trace.out icecat

and wait until IceCat fully comes up, and then quit and look in
'trace.out', searching for "share/fonts".  The clues of what's going
wrong should be in there somewhere, buried in a mountain of other
output.  See below for the relevant lines that I see in my 'trace.out'.

      Mark


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stat("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/etc/xdg", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=24, ...}) = 0
stat("/run/current-system/profile/etc/xdg", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=82, ...}) = 0
stat("/gnu/store/xii7ibhwnxcb9wp4chrv5if675p54jlg-gtk+-3.24.9/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/daxn8m96wk2d2jnz4mxllhk34iv5gjqp-shared-mime-info-1.9/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/cgy82g6yv8l1chawgch47zh23b0jll3l-glib-2.56.3/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/v93ni4aqlbh05qas779i453p02nj8d3n-gtk+-3.24.9/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/hn6ndmw2ii8p7wr61bbv35wwa3898ikr-emacs-26.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/daxn8m96wk2d2jnz4mxllhk34iv5gjqp-shared-mime-info-1.9/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/cgy82g6yv8l1chawgch47zh23b0jll3l-glib-2.56.3/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/v93ni4aqlbh05qas779i453p02nj8d3n-gtk+-3.24.9/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/hn6ndmw2ii8p7wr61bbv35wwa3898ikr-emacs-26.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/7r9nnf297vsknl4cg02ymaszm79v6063-geocode-glib-3.26.0/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/ga4arkrdndyv52cs062n2l9hgnqfjyaq-gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.28.0/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/daxn8m96wk2d2jnz4mxllhk34iv5gjqp-shared-mime-info-1.9/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/cgy82g6yv8l1chawgch47zh23b0jll3l-glib-2.56.3/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/x1ilifw5d41a81fpqbig1p0n268a7jq1-gtk+-3.24.9/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/qqaghlk7nvnjsrbdvpz7pkf1c8sffnrg-telepathy-logger-0.8.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/9jjnk994sg3kynx7w2p873x60yr27q1p-pulseaudio-12.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/b20ijqhpzb6mm4qi1hk0s8cj448vyv67-network-manager-applet-1.8.14/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/b9vc5f6ii59zh8z6cpl0j9cah84rpgqm-mutter-3.28.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/zs0fssnk4xbxhlfyzd2nrsdmsc966v4r-libgweather-3.28.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/vs954wm6s6j3y3y73kyll7qjp5qmr7ql-libgnomekbd-3.26.0/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/m3ga9y1lbrxcb0h0irdczq4kvzk96jd8-ibus-1.5.20/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/iiyi1pkb269p0yj44zbjc8fx1akkm7rq-gnome-settings-daemon-3.28.1/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/xdlhm9f6mn267raqvq0cm7k2vb7xk9s4-gnome-bluetooth-3.28.0/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/2zg5y4v0xfnfswy6175mxi9h3l36krsc-gdm-3.28.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/x6k257n8qknni22l650w58d02z0bq4rv-gcr-3.28.0/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/lrg91x67n2s4kx10ab1gnwj6hwxvzwh1-evolution-data-server-3.28.3/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/mks4gssiav8lxjqq3rhcwwc6p2v0x576-caribou-0.4.21/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/x0kc52x1n7kpz5vcwzdfmbzwdzzhnjcw-gnome-shell-3.28.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/7r9nnf297vsknl4cg02ymaszm79v6063-geocode-glib-3.26.0/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/ga4arkrdndyv52cs062n2l9hgnqfjyaq-gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.28.0/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/daxn8m96wk2d2jnz4mxllhk34iv5gjqp-shared-mime-info-1.9/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/cgy82g6yv8l1chawgch47zh23b0jll3l-glib-2.56.3/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/x1ilifw5d41a81fpqbig1p0n268a7jq1-gtk+-3.24.9/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/qqaghlk7nvnjsrbdvpz7pkf1c8sffnrg-telepathy-logger-0.8.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/9jjnk994sg3kynx7w2p873x60yr27q1p-pulseaudio-12.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/b20ijqhpzb6mm4qi1hk0s8cj448vyv67-network-manager-applet-1.8.14/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/b9vc5f6ii59zh8z6cpl0j9cah84rpgqm-mutter-3.28.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/zs0fssnk4xbxhlfyzd2nrsdmsc966v4r-libgweather-3.28.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/vs954wm6s6j3y3y73kyll7qjp5qmr7ql-libgnomekbd-3.26.0/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/m3ga9y1lbrxcb0h0irdczq4kvzk96jd8-ibus-1.5.20/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/iiyi1pkb269p0yj44zbjc8fx1akkm7rq-gnome-settings-daemon-3.28.1/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/xdlhm9f6mn267raqvq0cm7k2vb7xk9s4-gnome-bluetooth-3.28.0/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/2zg5y4v0xfnfswy6175mxi9h3l36krsc-gdm-3.28.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/x6k257n8qknni22l650w58d02z0bq4rv-gcr-3.28.0/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/lrg91x67n2s4kx10ab1gnwj6hwxvzwh1-evolution-data-server-3.28.3/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/mks4gssiav8lxjqq3rhcwwc6p2v0x576-caribou-0.4.21/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/x0kc52x1n7kpz5vcwzdfmbzwdzzhnjcw-gnome-shell-3.28.2/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/daxn8m96wk2d2jnz4mxllhk34iv5gjqp-shared-mime-info-1.9/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/cgy82g6yv8l1chawgch47zh23b0jll3l-glib-2.56.3/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/x1ilifw5d41a81fpqbig1p0n268a7jq1-gtk+-3.24.9/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/ga4arkrdndyv52cs062n2l9hgnqfjyaq-gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.28.0/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/p7sbfdml83clrpb73vcq4zfjsi0qh2mn-gnome-session-3.28.1/share/fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=16, ...}) = 0
stat("/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=34, ...}) = 0
stat("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=16, ...}) = 0
stat("/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=34, ...}) = 0
stat("/home/mhw/.config", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=830, ...}) = 0
stat("/home/mhw/.themes", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/mhw/.fonts", 0x7ffd2fa065b0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/mhw/.local/share", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=622, ...}) = 0
lstat("/home/mhw/.fonts.conf", 0x7ffd2fa06530) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
lstat("/home/mhw/.pangorc", 0x7ffd2fa06530) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/gnu/store/q080jqqgjrzdw9hjh510rivgviix32ww-icecat-60.8.0-guix1/lib/icecat", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=892, ...}) = 0
stat("/home/mhw/.mozilla/systemextensionsdev", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
lstat("/var/run/bumblebee.socket", 0x7ffd2fa06530) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
lstat("/proc/-1/maps", 0x7ffd2fa06700)  = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
lstat("/proc/-1/statm", 0x7ffd2fa06700) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
lstat("/proc/-1/smaps", 0x7ffd2fa06700) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
lstat("/proc/-1/status", 0x7ffd2fa06700) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/tmp/Temp-adeffb20-9595-4353-96a7-25e40f387b34", 0x7f8960d9add8) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
lstat("/tmp/Temp-adeffb20-9595-4353-96a7-25e40f387b34", 0x7f8960d9add8) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mkdir("/tmp/Temp-adeffb20-9595-4353-96a7-25e40f387b34", 0700) = 0
stat("/tmp/Temp-adeffb20-9595-4353-96a7-25e40f387b34", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
stat("/home/mhw/.mozilla/icecat/3m5f1yqc.default-1476203579848/chrome", 0x7ffd2fa06780) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/home/mhw/.mozilla/icecat/3m5f1yqc.default-1476203579848/extensions", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=222, ...}) = 0
lstat("/run/user/1000/dconf", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=60, ...}) = 0
lstat("/run/user/1000", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=200, ...}) = 0
lstat("/run/user", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=80, ...}) = 0
lstat("/run", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=148, ...}) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuMathTeXGyre.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansCondensed-Oblique.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSansMono.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSerif-BoldItalic.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSerif-Italic.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSerif.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSerifCondensed-Bold.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSerifCondensed-BoldItalic.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSerifCondensed-Italic.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSerifCondensed.ttf", R_OK) = 0
access("/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts/cantarell/Cantarell-Bold.otf", R_OK) = 0
access("/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts/cantarell/Cantarell-BoldOblique.otf", R_OK) = 0
access("/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts/cantarell/Cantarell-Oblique.otf", R_OK) = 0
access("/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts/cantarell/Cantarell-Regular.otf", R_OK) = 0
access("/gnu/store/ag8ilfwcnxn0xnw8bar9ia73h3hg3rra-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/type1/ghostscript/a010013l.pfb", R_OK) = 0
access("/gnu/store/ag8ilfwcnxn0xnw8bar9ia73h3hg3rra-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/type1/ghostscript/a010015l.pfb", R_OK) = 0
access("/gnu/store/ag8ilfwcnxn0xnw8bar9ia73h3hg3rra-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/type1/ghostscript/a010033l.pfb", R_OK) = 0
access("/gnu/store/ag8ilfwcnxn0xnw8bar9ia73h3hg3rra-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/type1/ghostscript/a010035l.pfb", R_OK) = 0
access("/gnu/store/ag8ilfwcnxn0xnw8bar9ia73h3hg3rra-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/type1/ghostscript/b018012l.pfb", R_OK) = 0
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access("/gnu/store/ag8ilfwcnxn0xnw8bar9ia73h3hg3rra-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/type1/ghostscript/n019004l.pfb", R_OK) = 0
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access("/gnu/store/ag8ilfwcnxn0xnw8bar9ia73h3hg3rra-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/type1/ghostscript/p052004l.pfb", R_OK) = 0
access("/gnu/store/ag8ilfwcnxn0xnw8bar9ia73h3hg3rra-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/type1/ghostscript/p052023l.pfb", R_OK) = 0
access("/gnu/store/ag8ilfwcnxn0xnw8bar9ia73h3hg3rra-gs-fonts-8.11/share/fonts/type1/ghostscript/p052024l.pfb", R_OK) = 0
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readlink("/proc/self/exe", "/gnu/store/q080jqqgjrzdw9hjh510r"..., 4095) = 87
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/mhw/.guix-profile/share/fonts/truetype/DejaVuSans.ttf", O_RDONLY) = 3
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Re: Need help displaying Unicode fonts in Icecat

[James Richardson]

I have installed fonts-dejavu in my profile.   Don't remember if this helped with icecat.

On August 7, 2019 1:14:04 PM EDT, Gary Johnson <lambdatronic@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Are you running Guix on top of another distribution? I had to add the
>> veriable XDG_DATA_DIRS to the environment, specifically
>> XDG_DATA_DIRS=$HOME/.guix-profile/share:/usr/share for Guix running
>on
>> Debian. The variable was set automagically full Guix systems.
>>
>> HTH,
>> jr
>
>Thanks, jr. I'm running GuixSD and I believe XDG_DATA_DIRS is set
>correctly:
>
>$ echo $XDG_DATA_DIRS
>/gnu/store/daxn8m96wk2d2jnz4mxllhk34iv5gjqp-shared-mime-info-1.9/share:/gnu/store/cgy82g6yv8l1chawgch47zh23b0jll3l-glib-2.56.3/share:/gnu/store/l35xlc0hk86qw7kwli8lkskdkxskxsif-gtk+-3.24.9/share:/gnu/store/fbf0h779z46cl55vdciv00m8s0ccfnyb-emacs-26.2/share:/gnu/store/daxn8m96wk2d2jnz4mxllhk34iv5gjqp-shared-mime-info-1.9/share:/gnu/store/cgy82g6yv8l1chawgch47zh23b0jll3l-glib-2.56.3/share:/gnu/store/l35xlc0hk86qw7kwli8lkskdkxskxsif-gtk+-3.24.9/share:/gnu/store/fbf0h779z46cl55vdciv00m8s0ccfnyb-emacs-26.2/share:/home/gjohnson/.guix-profile/share:/home/gjohnson/.guix-profile/share:/run/current-system/profile/share:/home/gjohnson/.guix-profile/share:/run/current-system/profile/share
>
>I just see boxes in IceCat and Ungoogled-Chromium wherever Unicode
>symbols are supposed to appear, so I don't know if there is another
>font
>package that I need to install or some browser-specific configuration
>files that I need to edit.

-- 
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Re: Need help displaying Unicode fonts in Icecat

[ison]

On Mon, Aug 05, 2019, Gary Johnson wrote:
> Hi Guix,
> 
>   I can't seem to get Unicode fonts to display in Icecat (and
> Emacs...and really everywhere else too). I'm not a font wizard, so I'm
> unsure how to resolve this issue. I've installed both of these packages:
> 
> - font-dejavu
> - font-liberation

Specifically what unicode characters aren't showing up?
I'm not sure either of those fonts has a very large set of unicode.

One great font to have installed, at least as a fallback, is
"font-gnu-unifont". Would you mind trying to install it and see if
that fixes the issue? 
Remember to run both "fc-cache -fv" and "sudo fc-cache -fv" after
installing it and restart icecat.