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Wadewilson
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:51 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Unable to configure font

I want to use nerd font in gentoo. I know it can be installed via zh-overlay or some custom repository, but these custom repos are having forced updated to the master branch and that is pushed as an update to me. So, I cannot always verify what that change was added to the custom repo.

The gentoo wiki suggests that we place the font .ttf or .otf files in the location specified.

Quote:

ls -la ~/.local/share/fonts/

Code:

.rw-r--r-- 2.3M greninja 21 Apr 21:26 JetBrainsMonoNerdFont-Regular.ttf

I ran fc-cache after I copied the font, but the change is not reflected.

This is how my terminal font looks like.

I fixed this my using the correct font in the dwm header file. But in other applications I do not see this font. Even though I have explicitly selected the font in Firefox, vscodium, etc., it is not reflected.

This is how the font on firefox looks like.

Quote:

eselect fontconfig list

Code:

Available fontconfig .conf files (* is enabled):
[1] 05-reset-dirs-sample.conf
[2] 09-autohint-if-no-hinting.conf
[3] 10-autohint.conf
[4] 10-hinting-full.conf
[5] 10-hinting-medium.conf
[6] 10-hinting-none.conf
[7] 10-hinting-slight.conf *
[8] 10-no-antialias.conf
[9] 10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf *
[10] 10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf
[11] 10-sub-pixel-none.conf
[12] 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf *
[13] 10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf
[14] 10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf
[15] 10-unhinted.conf
[16] 10-yes-antialias.conf *
[17] 11-lcdfilter-default.conf *
[18] 11-lcdfilter-legacy.conf
[19] 11-lcdfilter-light.conf
[20] 11-lcdfilter-none.conf
[21] 20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf
[22] 20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf
[23] 20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf
[24] 20-unhint-small-vera.conf *
[25] 25-unhint-nonlatin.conf
[26] 30-metric-aliases.conf *
[27] 35-lang-normalize.conf
[28] 40-nonlatin.conf *
[29] 45-generic.conf *
[30] 45-latin.conf *
[31] 48-spacing.conf *
[32] 49-sansserif.conf *
[33] 50-user.conf *
[34] 51-local.conf *
[35] 57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf
[36] 57-dejavu-sans.conf
[37] 57-dejavu-serif.conf
[38] 60-generic.conf *
[39] 60-latin.conf *
[40] 61-urw-bookman.conf
[41] 61-urw-c059.conf
[42] 61-urw-d050000l.conf
[43] 61-urw-fallback-backwards.conf
[44] 61-urw-fallback-generics.conf
[45] 61-urw-fallback-specifics.conf
[46] 61-urw-gothic.conf
[47] 61-urw-nimbus-mono-ps.conf
[48] 61-urw-nimbus-roman.conf
[49] 61-urw-nimbus-sans.conf
[50] 61-urw-p052.conf
[51] 61-urw-standard-symbols-ps.conf
[52] 61-urw-z003.conf
[53] 65-fonts-persian.conf *
[54] 65-khmer.conf
[55] 65-nonlatin.conf *
[56] 69-unifont.conf *
[57] 70-no-bitmaps.conf
[58] 70-yes-bitmaps.conf
[59] 75-noto-emoji-fallback.conf *
[60] 80-delicious.conf *
[61] 90-synthetic.conf *

Quote:

fc-list

Code:

/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWGothic-DemiOblique.ttf: URW Gothic:style=Demi Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Serif:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-BoldItalic.t1: Nimbus Sans:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSerif-Italic.ttf: DejaVu Serif:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-BoldItalic.ttf: Nimbus Roman:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/D050000L.ttf: D050000L:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/C059-BdIta.otf: C059:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWGothic-Book.ttf: URW Gothic:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/noto-emoji/NotoColorEmoji.ttf: Noto Color Emoji:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWGothic-BookOblique.otf: URW Gothic:style=Book Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-Bold.otf: Nimbus Sans:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWBookman-Demi.t1: URW Bookman:style=Demi
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWGothic-Book.t1: URW Gothic:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/C059-Italic.ttf: C059:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-Italic.t1: Nimbus Sans:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed-Oblique.ttf: DejaVu Sans,DejaVu Sans Condensed:style=Condensed Oblique,Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Sans,DejaVu Sans Condensed:style=Condensed Bold,Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWGothic-Book.otf: URW Gothic:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/D050000L.t1: D050000L:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWGothic-DemiOblique.t1: URW Gothic:style=Demi Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-Italic.ttf: Nimbus Roman:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSansNarrow-BoldOblique.otf: Nimbus Sans Narrow:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/C059-Italic.otf: C059:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWGothic-BookOblique.ttf: URW Gothic:style=Book Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-Regular.otf: Nimbus Sans:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSansNarrow-Regular.ttf: Nimbus Sans Narrow:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-Italic.ttf: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWBookman-LightItalic.otf: URW Bookman:style=Light Italic
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-Regular.otf: Nimbus Roman:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWBookman-Light.t1: URW Bookman:style=Light
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/C059-Roman.otf: C059:style=Roman
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-Italic.otf: Nimbus Sans:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/StandardSymbolsPS.otf: Standard Symbols PS:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/P052-BoldItalic.ttf: P052:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/P052-Italic.ttf: P052:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-Bold.otf: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-BoldItalic.otf: Nimbus Roman:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWBookman-Demi.otf: URW Bookman:style=Demi
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-Bold.t1: Nimbus Sans:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-Bold.t1: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/C059-Roman.t1: C059:style=Roman
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/P052-Italic.otf: P052:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-Italic.ttf: Nimbus Sans:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-BoldItalic.t1: Nimbus Roman:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-Regular.t1: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSansNarrow-Oblique.ttf: Nimbus Sans Narrow:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSansNarrow-Regular.t1: Nimbus Sans Narrow:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSansNarrow-Oblique.t1: Nimbus Sans Narrow:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/C059-BdIta.ttf: C059:style=Bold Italic
/home/greninja/.local/share/fonts/JetBrainsMonoNerdFont-Regular.ttf: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font,JetBrainsMono NF:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-Italic.t1: Nimbus Roman:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSerifCondensed-BoldItalic.ttf: DejaVu Serif,DejaVu Serif Condensed:style=Condensed Bold Italic,Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/P052-BoldItalic.otf: P052:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWBookman-Demi.ttf: URW Bookman:style=Demi
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/Z003-MediumItalic.t1: Z003:style=Medium Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/P052-Roman.t1: P052:style=Roman
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/P052-Roman.otf: P052:style=Roman
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuMathTeXGyre.ttf: DejaVu Math TeX Gyre:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSansNarrow-Bold.otf: Nimbus Sans Narrow:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-BoldItalic.ttf: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSerifCondensed-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Serif,DejaVu Serif Condensed:style=Condensed Bold,Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWGothic-Demi.otf: URW Gothic:style=Demi
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-Italic.t1: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-Regular.otf: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/C059-Bold.t1: C059:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-Bold.t1: Nimbus Roman:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWBookman-DemiItalic.otf: URW Bookman:style=Demi Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/P052-Italic.t1: P052:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWGothic-DemiOblique.otf: URW Gothic:style=Demi Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWGothic-Demi.ttf: URW Gothic:style=Demi
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSansNarrow-Bold.t1: Nimbus Sans Narrow:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf: DejaVu Serif:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-Regular.ttf: Nimbus Roman:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWGothic-Demi.t1: URW Gothic:style=Demi
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/P052-Roman.ttf: P052:style=Roman
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSansNarrow-Regular.otf: Nimbus Sans Narrow:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-Bold.otf: Nimbus Roman:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSansNarrow-Bold.ttf: Nimbus Sans Narrow:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/StandardSymbolsPS.ttf: Standard Symbols PS:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWBookman-LightItalic.ttf: URW Bookman:style=Light Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-BoldItalic.otf: Nimbus Sans:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWBookman-DemiItalic.t1: URW Bookman:style=Demi Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-Italic.otf: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSerifCondensed.ttf: DejaVu Serif,DejaVu Serif Condensed:style=Condensed,Book
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/P052-Bold.t1: P052:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/P052-Bold.ttf: P052:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWBookman-LightItalic.t1: URW Bookman:style=Light Italic
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSerifCondensed-Italic.ttf: DejaVu Serif,DejaVu Serif Condensed:style=Condensed Italic,Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-BoldItalic.ttf: Nimbus Sans:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-Regular.t1: Nimbus Roman:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSansNarrow-Oblique.otf: Nimbus Sans Narrow:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/Z003-MediumItalic.ttf: Z003:style=Medium Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-Bold.ttf: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/StandardSymbolsPS.t1: Standard Symbols PS:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWBookman-Light.ttf: URW Bookman:style=Light
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/P052-Bold.otf: P052:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/P052-BoldItalic.t1: P052:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf: DejaVu Sans,DejaVu Sans Condensed:style=Condensed,Book
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/C059-BdIta.t1: C059:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSerif-BoldItalic.ttf: DejaVu Serif:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf: DejaVu Sans,DejaVu Sans Light:style=ExtraLight
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-Italic.otf: Nimbus Roman:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/C059-Bold.otf: C059:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSansNarrow-BoldOblique.ttf: Nimbus Sans Narrow:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWGothic-BookOblique.t1: URW Gothic:style=Book Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/C059-Italic.t1: C059:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-Regular.ttf: Nimbus Sans:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-BoldItalic.otf: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/Z003-MediumItalic.otf: Z003:style=Medium Italic
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf: DejaVu Sans,DejaVu Sans Condensed:style=Condensed Bold Oblique,Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSansNarrow-BoldOblique.t1: Nimbus Sans Narrow:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWBookman-Light.otf: URW Bookman:style=Light
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/C059-Roman.ttf: C059:style=Roman
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-BoldItalic.t1: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-Regular.t1: Nimbus Sans:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/URWBookman-DemiItalic.ttf: URW Bookman:style=Demi Italic
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/C059-Bold.ttf: C059:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusSans-Bold.ttf: Nimbus Sans:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/D050000L.otf: D050000L:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusRoman-Bold.ttf: Nimbus Roman:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/NimbusMonoPS-Regular.ttf: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Regular

Quote:

eix-installed -a | grep fonts

Code:

media-fonts/dejavu-2.37
media-fonts/encodings-1.1.0
media-fonts/font-util-1.4.1
media-fonts/noto-emoji-20231130-r1
media-fonts/urw-fonts-20230503-r1
virtual/ttf-fonts-1-r2

How do I make sure that font in .ttf file is used across all apps uniformly?

Last edited by Wadewilson on Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:39 pm; edited 2 times in total

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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:59 pm Post subject:

Quote:

you could create your own local overlay and copy the ebuild, e.g. from guru repo and use it >>> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Portage/CustomTree#Creating_a_custom_ebuild_repository

or use the following as an example how to handle multiple repositories - go to the end https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8659032.html?sid=53a4e813df95fded4fba3c3fb4580945

this is also described here https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Ebuild_repository#Masking_enabled_ebuild_repositories

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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:37 pm Post subject:

Quote:

this is also described here https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Ebuild_repository#Masking_enabled_ebuild_repositories

Thanks, @CooSee, for this wiki link.

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