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....@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.courno...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 2:05 PM, ng0 <contact....@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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > https://pragmatique.xyz > > > PGP: https://people.pragmatique.xyz/ng0/ > > > > -- > > https://pragmatique.xyz > > PGP: https://people.pragmatique.xyz/ng0/ > > > > -- > https://pragmatique.xyz > PGP: https://people.pragmatique.xyz/ng0/ > > > -- https://pragmatique.xyz PGP: https://people.pragmatique.xyz/ng0/
