Yes, this is intentional.
See /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/README.Debian for instructions on how to enable
bitmap fonts. I copied the instructions below.
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If you wish to enable bitmapped fonts manually, remove the
/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf symbolic link and add a symlink named
70-yes-bitmaps.conf pointing to ../conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf:
cd /etc/fonts/conf.d && \
rm -f 70-no-bitmaps.conf && \
ln -s ../conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf
** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1560114
Title:
Bitmap fonts are disabled by default
Status in fontconfig package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
By default, fontconfig-config installs a file called
"/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf". It disables bitmap fonts. What
good for, I don't know. Though if you later install a bitmap font
"apt-get install xfonts-terminus" then that font wont show up in
menus. That is not what you expect. The workaround is:
sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf
sudo ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf
But you shouldn't need that and bitmap founds shouldn't be disabled.
The bug is present in Ubuntu wily, 15.10.
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