Questions tagged [fontconfig]
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Skype installation on Debian 12 bookworm via snap fails
On Debian 12 “bookworm”,
# snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
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Changing cell alignment based on font color
I have a data validation list in D12:D2000 with Income, Expenses, and Savings. In F12:F2000 I enter my amounts. Font color in column F changes according to Col D. Example: Income font F12 changes to ...
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How to debug “Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories” as the console output of font-manager?
Starting
font-manager
as a regular user from a console (regardless of the presence or the contents of /usr/local/share/fonts) prints four messages
Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
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How to make Debian bookworm prefer a newer font version whenever at least two versions of the same font are available?
For the sake of an example, consider two fonts files of the same font:
$ fc-scan /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/cour.ttf --format='%{family} %{fontversion}\n'
Courier New 184812
$ egrep -ao &...
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evince + apparmor + local fonts = some font thing failed
I made my Debian GNU/Linux 12 “bookworm” aware of locally installed fonts in a non-root partition:
$ la -la /usr/local/share/fonts/
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 40 8. Feb 22:16 Folder1 -&...
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fontconfig: How to specify wildcard in alias?
Noto family has a huge list of fonts. I want to make Noto Serif * the default families for serif fonts. Something like:
<fontconfig>
<alias>
<family>serif</family>
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Claws Mail 3.19.1 (GTK2 ver) Windows port, doesn't have subpixel anti-aliasing
I'm using the Windows port of Claws Mail 3.19.1 (latest version with GTK2) on Windows 10, but the fonts are not subpixel anti-aliased (RGB), they're either raw pixel edges ("crisp"), or ...
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What happened to my X fonts? The newer OS has a "weaker" font weight for "Monospace 10"
I'm upgrading from CentOS 7 to Oracle Linux 9 (Rocky, Alma, RHEL, etc) and the terminal fonts are notably different. (I'm using Mate for the WM, but I don't think it matters for fonts, or does it?).
I ...
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unable to change font in fbterm
To change fonts, according to fbterm's arch linux page
To change the fonts that are used, use the --font-names option to select favorites from the list given by fc-list.
I listed the fonts
fc-list
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Flathub packages font doesn’t work on RHEL 9
I have installed many packages from Flathub on my PC (RHEL 9) but many of these (g4music, Amberol, Color Picker, etc.) can't be displayed properly. See next pictures:
As you can see, these ...
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PowerShell 5.1 Console, using Powerline fonts and Starship
I wanted to try and resurrect a question from a few years back. There are a few speculative comments on there that this might not work, but I have a feeling that there are dozens / hundreds of ...
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Can an installer be created to auto install a font on a Mac?
I created a font which works equally well on Windows and Mac. For Windows, I created an installer package; when the user downloads the package and clicks on the .exe file it automatically installs ...
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How to adjust the font size of the message list and of the folder list in Thunderbird?
In Windows 10, I use Thunderbird 78.11.0 (32-Bit) as an e-mail client.
Today, suddenly the font size of the message list and of the folder list has become very small. (No changes in other applications)...
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Can I have different DPI-settings for fonts on different monitors?
I replaced one of my monitors by one with much higher resolution. Its physical dimensions are bigger too, but not as much bigger as the resolution -- so each pixel became quite a bit smaller.
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fontconfig doesn't recognize new fonts
Installed fontconfig 2.13.1 on Void Linux, and several fonts through guix (so, not a normal setup).
Fonts are in ~/.guix-profile/share/fonts.
I created the following file in ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts....
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