Is there a way to reinstall fonts

Llama · 2011-06-06 16:33:53

Hi,

I've managed to bork my fonts using KDE System Settings. KDE isn't to blame, it's me . I tried various recommended remedies, ad nauseam, but the thing still isn't quite right. Is there a no-brainer way to reinstall all the fonts thoroughly and cleanly, from scratch, as if it were a new system install?

graysky · 2011-06-06 16:45:04

pacman

Llama · 2011-06-06 16:53:42

graysky wrote:

pacman

pacman what? The 'remedies' often featured pacman, yes. I'm still in trouble, though.

graysky · 2011-06-06 18:39:19

Llama wrote:

graysky wrote:
pacman
pacman what? The 'remedies' often featured pacman, yes. I'm still in trouble, though.

Nearly 900 posts, dude. You don't know by now... really?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts

Last edited by graysky (2011-06-06 18:39:41)

Llama · 2011-06-07 03:56:19

graysky wrote:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts

A useful article, yes.

Unfortunately, it wasn't a single font I once mismanaged. Something's slightly wrong with the whole bundle, and that's what I'd like to reinstall. If I'm missing the right post or the right wiki chapter, be so kind as to rub my nose into it.

anonymous_user · 2011-06-07 04:02:37

Try:

sudo pacman -S libxft fontconfig freetype2

Llama · 2011-06-07 16:35:17

anonymous_user wrote:

Try:

sudo pacman -S libxft fontconfig freetype2

All these libraries have already been installed. Futile attempts at fontconfig I even remember. Hence my question: is there a way to dump the whole mess and make a clean basic install?

anonymous_user · 2011-06-07 16:47:33

What is the problem exactly. Are you missing fonts? Is the font rendering bad?

Look in /etc/fonts/conf.d for the current font settings. You could also try deleting your KDE config from your home folder.

Llama · 2011-06-07 17:08:40

anonymous_user wrote:

What is the problem exactly. Are you missing fonts? Is the font rendering bad?
Look in /etc/fonts/conf.d for the current font settings. You could also try deleting your KDE config from your home folder.

I've got two Arch boxes, nearly identcial. One is perfectly good, another one (tampered with) shows slight abnormalities here and there: now and then faulty rendering of Russian characters (spacing out), a cross between Y and = instead of a backslash, common font instead of monospace, etc.

The trouble is mostly confined to HTML rendering, but not exclusively: menu fonts too are funny sometimes.

I did try deleting of my KDE configs, now that you mention it. No luck.

Last edited by Llama (2011-06-07 17:26:42)

Llama · 2011-06-12 17:12:23

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