[SOLVED] Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output

DasFox · 2010-11-24 23:17:22

I'm running Arch 2010.05 i686 With just the gnome base installed 'pacman -S gnome' but also some other apps and dependencies.

When I run some different apps at the terminal as well as when I log out of Gnome into the console I get this message;

Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output

I've tried reinstalling fontconfig and pango, I've also installed a few extra fonts and I ran these cmds; fc-cache -f -s -v, and pango-querymodules > '/etc/pango/pango.modules' and nothing has helped.

This is my font path;

[sar@arch fonts]$ ls
100dpi 75dpi cyrillic encodings misc OTF TTF Type1 util

My font count;

[sar@arch fonts]$ fc-list | wc -l
159

I really can't say that I see anything wrong with my Gnome desktop, everything looks great, but I personally don't like seeing warnings and failures like this being reported even if there is no problem. If it's just a bug I'd at least like to clean it up and get rid of the message if I can.

THANKS

Last edited by DasFox (2010-11-28 20:57:12)

DasFox · 2010-11-27 23:47:27

Python3 was the problem, after uninstalling it I no longer see the message...

litemotiv · 2010-11-28 09:06:19

Please mark your thread [solved] DasFox, by prepending it to the topic title.

Selo · 2012-06-17 09:48:46

I'm getting this warning when launching an application from terminal;

Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', script='common'

fc-list yields the following and i get [?] marks on terminal screen

Verdana:style=Normal,obyejn,Standard,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,,Normlne,Navadno,Arrunta
FreeSerif:style=,cursiva,kurzva,kursiv,,Italic,Kursivoitu,Italique,Dlt,Corsivo,Cursief,kursywa,Itlico,cursiv,,,talik,kursif,Leee,kursvs,kursivas,nghing,Etzana,
Liberation Mono:style=Regular
Nimbus Sans L:style=Regular Italic
DejaVu Serif,DejaVu Serif Condensed:style=Condensed,Book
Times New Roman:style=Normal,obyejn,Standard,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,,Normlne,Navadno,thng,Arrunta
FreeSans:style=,negreta cursiva,kurzva,kursiv,,Oblique,Cursiva,Kursivoitu,Italique,Dlt,Corsivo,Cursief,kursywa,Itlico,oblic,,talik,huruf miring,,Leee,slpraksts,pasvirasis,nghing,Etzana,
Webdings:style=Regular
Liberation Sans Narrow:style=Regular
URW Palladio L:style=Roman
DejaVu Serif,DejaVu Serif Condensed:style=Condensed Bold Italic,Bold Italic
Century Schoolbook L:style=Bold Italic
DejaVu Serif,DejaVu Serif Condensed:style=Condensed Bold,Bold
FreeSans:style=,negreta,tun,fed,Fett,,Bold,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Flkvr,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,gros,,Fet,Kaln,huruf tebal,,Krepko,treknraksts,pusjuodis,m,Lodia,
Verdana:style=Negreta cursiva,tun kurzva,fed kursiv,Fett Kursiv, ,Bold Italic,Negrita Cursiva,Lihavoitu Kursivoi,Gras Italique,Flkvr dlt,Grassetto Corsivo,Vet Cursief,Halvfet Kursiv,Pogrubiona kursywa,Negrito Itlico, ,Tun kurzva,Fet Kursiv,Kaln talik,Krepko poevno,Lodi etzana
Liberation Sans:style=Regular
DejaVu Sans,DejaVu Sans Condensed:style=Condensed Oblique,Oblique
DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Bold Oblique
Georgia:style=Cursiva,kurzva,kursiv,,Italic,Kursivoitu,Italique,Dlt,Corsivo,Cursief,Kursywa,Itlico,,talik,Poevno,Etzana
Comic Sans MS:style=Normal,obyejn,Standard,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,,Normlne,Navadno,Arrunta
Liberation Serif:style=Bold Italic
UbuntuTitleRegular:style=Regular,Ubuntu-Title
Fixed:style=Bold
Ubuntu Mono:style=Bold
DejaVu Serif:style=Bold Italic
Nimbus Sans L:style=Bold
Clean:style=Regular
Georgia:style=Negreta cursiva,tun kurzva,fed kursiv,Fett Kursiv, ,Bold Italic,Negrita Cursiva,Lihavoitu Kursivoi,Gras Italique,Flkvr dlt,Grassetto Corsivo,Vet Cursief,Halvfet Kursiv,Pogrubiona kursywa,Negrito Itlico, ,Tun kurzva,Fet Kursiv,Kaln talik,Krepko poevno,Lodi etzana
Ubuntu,Ubuntu Light:style=Light,Regular
FreeMono:style=,cursiva,kurzva,kursiv,,Oblique,Kursivoitu,Italique,Dlt,Corsivo,Cursief,Kursywa,Itlico,oblic,,talik,huruf miring,,leee,slpraksts,pasvirasis,nghing,Etzana,
ClearlyU PUA:style=Regular
URW Chancery L:style=Medium Italic
Ubuntu:style=Bold Italic
Ubuntu Mono:style=Bold Italic
DejaVu Sans:style=Bold Oblique
Liberation Sans Narrow:style=Bold
Nimbus Roman No9 L:style=Regular
Century Schoolbook L:style=Bold
Century Schoolbook L:style=Italic
Ubuntu Mono:style=Regular
FreeSerif:style=,negreta,tun,fed,Fett,Bold,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Flkvr,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,gros,,Fet,,Kaln,huruf tebal,,Polkrepko,treknraksts,pusjuodis,,m,Lodia,
Nimbus Sans L:style=Regular
Trebuchet MS:style=Cursiva,kurzva,kursiv,,Italic,Kursivoitu,Italique,Dlt,Corsivo,Cursief,Kursywa,Itlico,,talik,Poevno,Etzana
Ubuntu:style=Bold
URW Palladio L:style=Italic
Nimbus Sans L:style=Bold Condensed
Trebuchet MS:style=Negreta,tun,fed,Fett,,Bold,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Flkvr,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,,Fet,Kaln,Krepko,Lodia
FreeSerif:style= ,negreta cursiva,tun kurzva,fed kursiv,Fett-Kursiv,Bold Italic,Negrita Cursiva,Lihavoitu Kursivoi,Gras Italique,Flkvr dlt,Grassetto Corsivo,Vet Cursief,Halvfet Kursiv,Pogrubiona kursywa,Negrito Itlico,gros cursiv, ,Tun kurzva,Fet Kursiv,,Kaln talik,huruf tebal kursif, ,Polkrepko Peee,treknais kursvs,pusjuodis kursyvas,nghing m,Lodi etzana,-
URW Gothic L:style=Demi
Liberation Serif:style=Bold
Times New Roman:style=cursiva,kurzva,kursiv,,Italic,Kursivoitu,Italique,Dlt,Corsivo,Cursief,kursywa,Itlico,,talik,Poevno,nghing,Etzana
Liberation Mono:style=Bold Italic
Liberation Sans Narrow:style=Italic
Nimbus Roman No9 L:style=Medium Italic
Verdana:style=Negreta,tun,fed,Fett,,Bold,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Flkvr,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,,Fet,Kaln,Krepko,Lodia
Fixed:style=Bold SemiCondensed
Nimbus Mono L:style=Bold Oblique
FreeMono:style=,normal,obyejn,Standard,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,,Normlne,menengah,,navadno,vidjs,normalusis,thng,Arrunta,
Andale Mono:style=Normal,obyejn,Standard,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,,Normlne,Navadno,Arrunta
Georgia:style=Negreta,tun,fed,Fett,,Bold,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Flkvr,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,,Fet,Kaln,Krepko,Lodia
Dingbats:style=Regular
Times New Roman:style=Negreta,tun,fed,Fett,,Bold,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Flkvr,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiona,Negrito,,Fet,Kaln,Krepko,m,Lodia
Arial Black:style=Normal,obyejn,Standard,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,,Normlne,Navadno,Arrunta
Fixed:style=SemiCondensed
Nimbus Roman No9 L:style=Medium
Nimbus Sans L:style=Bold Italic
Courier New:style=Normal,obyejn,Standard,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,,Normlne,Navadno,thng,Arrunta
Trebuchet MS:style=Normal,obyejn,Standard,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,,Normlne,Navadno,Arrunta
Ubuntu:style=Italic
Arial:style=Negreta cursiva,tun kurzva,fed kursiv,Fett Kursiv, ,Bold Italic,Negrita Cursiva,Lihavoitu Kursivoi,Gras Italique,Flkvr dlt,Grassetto Corsivo,Vet Cursief,Halvfet Kursiv,Pogrubiona kursywa,Negrito Itlico, ,Tun kurzva,Fet Kursiv,Kaln talik,Krepko poevno,nghing m,Lodi etzana
DejaVu Sans:style=Oblique
Nimbus Mono L:style=Regular
UbuntuTitleExtralight:style=Extralight,Ubuntu-Title
UbuntuTitleUltralight:style=Ultralight,Ubuntu-Title
Trebuchet MS:style=Negreta cursiva,tun kurzva,fed kursiv,Fett Kursiv, ,Bold Italic,Negrita Cursiva,Lihavoitu Kursivoi,Gras Italique,Flkvr dlt,Grassetto Corsivo,Vet Cursief,Halvfet Kursiv,Pogrubiona kursywa,Negrito Itlico, ,Tun kurzva,Fet Kursiv,Kaln talik,Krepko poevno,Lodi etzana
Newspaper:style=Regular
Comic Sans MS:style=Negreta,tun,fed,Fett,,Bold,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Flkvr,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,,Fet,Kaln,Krepko,Lodia
URW Gothic L:style=Book
ClearlyU:style=Regular
Verdana:style=Cursiva,kurzva,kursiv,,Italic,Kursivoitu,Italique,Dlt,Corsivo,Cursief,Kursywa,Itlico,,talik,Poevno,Etzana
micro.pcf:style=Regular
Fixed:style=Oblique SemiCondensed
Liberation Sans:style=Bold
DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Oblique
DejaVu Sans,DejaVu Sans Condensed:style=Condensed Bold Oblique,Bold Oblique
Fixed:style=Oblique
UbuntuTitleLight:style=Light,Ubuntu-Title
Courier New:style=Negreta cursiva,tun kurzva,fed kursiv,Fett Kursiv, ,Bold Italic,Negrita Cursiva,Lihavoitu Kursivoi,Gras Italique,Flkvr dlt,Grassetto Corsivo,Vet Cursief,Halvfet Kursiv,Pogrubiona kursywa,Negrito Itlico, ,Tun kurzva,Fet Kursiv,Kaln talik,Krepko poevno,Lodi etzana
FreeSans:style= ,negreta cursiva,tun kurzva,fed kursiv,Fett-Kursiv, ,Bold Oblique,Negrita Cursiva,Lihavoitu Kursivoi,Gras Italique,Flkvr dlt,Grassetto Corsivo,Vet Cursief,Halvfet Kursiv,Pogrubiona kursywa,Negrito Itlico,gros oblic, ,Tun kurzva,Fet Kursiv,Kaln talik,huruf tebal miring, ,polkrepko leee,treknais  slpraksts,pusjuodis pasvirasis,nghing m,Lodi etzana,-
ClearlyU Alternate Glyphs:style=Regular
Arial:style=Cursiva,kurzva,kursiv,,Italic,Kursivoitu,Italique,Dlt,Corsivo,Cursief,Kursywa,Itlico,,talik,Poevno,nghing,Etzana
Liberation Serif:style=Regular
DejaVu Sans,DejaVu Sans Light:style=ExtraLight
Tahoma:style=Normal,obyejn,Standard,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,,Normlne,Navadno,thng,Arrunta
Courier New:style=Cursiva,kurzva,kursiv,,Italic,Kursivoitu,Italique,Dlt,Corsivo,Cursief,Kursywa,Itlico,,talik,Poevno,nghing,Etzana
Liberation Sans:style=Bold Italic
Nimbus Sans L:style=Regular Condensed Italic
Tahoma:style=Negreta,tun,fed,Fett,,Bold,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Flkvr,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,,Fet,Kaln,Krepko,m,Lodia
URW Bookman L:style=Demi Bold
Arial:style=Normal,obyejn,Standard,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,,Normlne,Navadno,thng,Arrunta
URW Bookman L:style=Light
decsess.pcf:style=Regular
URW Gothic L:style=Demi Oblique
Standard Symbols L:style=Regular
Ubuntu,Ubuntu Light:style=Light Italic,Italic
FreeMono:style=,negreta,tun,fed,Fett,,Bold,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Flkvr,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,gros,,Fet,Kaln,huruf tebal,,polkrepko,treknraksts,pusjuodis,m,Lodia,
DejaVu Sans,DejaVu Sans Condensed:style=Condensed,Book
FreeSans:style=,Normal,obyejn,Mittel,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Medio,Gemiddeld,Odmiana Zwyka,,Normlne,menengah,,Navadno,vidjs,normalusis,va,Arrunta,
DejaVu Sans,DejaVu Sans Condensed:style=Condensed Bold,Bold
Liberation Mono:style=Bold
Courier New:style=Negreta,tun,fed,Fett,,Bold,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Flkvr,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,,Fet,Kaln,Krepko,m,Lodia
FreeSerif:style=,normal,obyejn,Mittel,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Normale,Gemiddeld,odmiana zwyka,,Normlne,,menengah,,Navadno,vidjs,normalusis,,va,Arrunta,
URW Palladio L:style=Bold
Nimbus Sans L:style=Regular Condensed
URW Bookman L:style=Light Italic
DejaVu Serif,DejaVu Serif Condensed:style=Condensed Italic,Italic
Century Schoolbook L:style=Roman
deccurs.pcf:style=Regular
cursor.pcf:style=Regular
UbuntuTitleBold:style=Bold,Ubuntu-Title
UbuntuTitleBook:style=Book,Ubuntu-Title
Nimbus Roman No9 L:style=Regular Italic
DejaVu Sans:style=Bold
DejaVu Sans:style=Book
Ubuntu:style=Regular
Fixed:style=ko
URW Gothic L:style=Book Oblique
Fixed:style=ja
URW Palladio L:style=Bold Italic
Fixed:style=Regular
FreeMono:style= ,Negreta cursiva,tun kurzva,fed kursiv,Fett-Kursiv, ,Bold Oblique,Negrita Cursiva,Lihavoitu Kursivoi,Gras Italique,Flkvr dlt,Grassetto Corsivo,Vet Cursief,Halvfet Kursiv,Pogrubiona kursywa,Negrito Itlico,gros oblic, ,Tun kurzva,Fet Kursiv,Kaln talik,huruf tebal miring, ,polkrepko leee,treknais slpraksts,pusjuodis pasvirasis,Lodi etzana,-
Arial:style=Negreta,tun,fed,Fett,,Bold,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Flkvr,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,,Fet,Kaln,Krepko,m,Lodia
Ubuntu Mono:style=Italic
DejaVu Serif:style=Italic
Nimbus Mono L:style=Regular Oblique
Liberation Sans Narrow:style=Bold Italic
DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Book
DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Bold
Liberation Serif:style=Italic
Nimbus Mono L:style=Bold
Impact:style=Normal,obyejn,Standard,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,,Normlne,Navadno,Arrunta
Ubuntu Condensed:style=Regular
Liberation Mono:style=Italic
UbuntuTitleSkinny:style=Skinny,Ubuntu-Title
Georgia:style=Normal,obyejn,Standard,,Regular,Normaali,Norml,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,,Normlne,Navadno,Arrunta
Times New Roman:style=Negreta cursiva,tun kurzva,fed kursiv,Fett Kursiv, ,Bold Italic,Negrita Cursiva,Lihavoitu Kursivoi,Gras Italique,Flkvr dlt,Grassetto Corsivo,Vet Cursief,Halvfet Kursiv,Pogrubiona kursywa,Negrito Itlico, ,Tun kurzva,Fet Kursiv,Kaln talik,Krepko poevno,nghing m,Lodi etzana
Nimbus Sans L:style=Bold Condensed Italic
URW Bookman L:style=Demi Bold Italic
Liberation Sans:style=Italic
DejaVu Serif:style=Book
DejaVu Serif:style=Bold

[?] doesn't show up on the post so here is a screenshot;

Last edited by Selo (2012-06-18 13:01:40)

loafer · 2012-06-17 12:01:34

Have you tried the suggestion in the Wiki?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … o_Warnings

Selo · 2012-06-17 13:18:17

I did but it didn't fix it.

Selo · 2012-06-18 13:01:19

Fixed it, nvm. I just had to choose Dejavu as default font.

arslanone · 2013-03-12 04:30:49

DasFox how did you come to the conclusion that Python3 was the problem?

I am having the same issue: Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', script='common'

But I would like to make this some sense to remove python and libreoffice-common

Last edited by arslanone (2013-03-12 04:31:08)

arslanone · 2013-03-12 04:34:02

Selo, how did you "choose" a different font? I mean where is the place where you change the font to a different one?

I have this: http://codepad.org/RCFqcDYs

ewaller · 2013-03-12 04:56:04

Merged threads, but then wished I had not. Anyway, I will leave it....

Arslanone, welcome to Arch Linux. These threads were both quite old, and you resurrected them both
We discourage necro-bumping. These threads were old and 'Solved', but let's see if anyone involved chimes in.

Selo · 2013-03-12 08:31:12

arslanone wrote:

Selo, how did you "choose" a different font? I mean where is the place where you change the font to a different one?
I have this: http://codepad.org/RCFqcDYs

It's been a while so I don't recall but, it could be in xfce settings (Appearence ?) maybe ? Just poke around, you should see something related to fonts anyway.

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#1 2010-11-24 23:17:22

[SOLVED] Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output

#2 2010-11-27 23:47:27

Re: [SOLVED] Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output

#3 2010-11-28 09:06:19

Re: [SOLVED] Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output

#4 2012-06-17 09:48:46

Re: [SOLVED] Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output

#5 2012-06-17 12:01:34

Re: [SOLVED] Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output

#6 2012-06-17 13:18:17

Re: [SOLVED] Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output

#7 2012-06-18 13:01:19

Re: [SOLVED] Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output

#8 2013-03-12 04:30:49

Re: [SOLVED] Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output

#9 2013-03-12 04:34:02

Re: [SOLVED] Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output

#10 2013-03-12 04:56:04

Re: [SOLVED] Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output

#11 2013-03-12 08:31:12

Re: [SOLVED] Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font, expect ugly output

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