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coxackie

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Registered: 2019-11-10

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[SOLVED] noto-fonts-emoji scanned OK, but not cached by fontconfig

Not sure if this is the right place to post this... I already posted on r/archlinux, but no one has responded... This is a weird one, and I would appreciate any help.

I have used arch on my desktop for two years now (pure Arch installation, no installer). A few days ago I noticed that `chromium` was not rendering emojis, which it was doing perfectly fine before. After some search, I noticed that, while `noto-fonts-emoji` are installed, they were not cached by `fontconfig`. I did everything I could think of: re-installed the fonts, reinstalled `fontconfig`, did `fc-cahe -vf` a number of times, etc. Nothing worked. When I would query the fonts (like `fc-query /usr/share/fonts/noto/NotoColorEmoji.ttf`), the results are normal, but somehow the fonts do not get cached.

I also tried to install then as a user at `~/.local/share/fonts`, with the same failure results. (Additionally, I created test users, and the same problem is faced there, so this is certainly related to the system, rather than user settings.) I visited the github page of the noto emoji fonts, and from there I tried `Noto-COLRv1.ttf` instead of `NotoColorEmoji.ttf` and, surprise-surprise, they work... Since `Noto-COLRv1` are not CBDT/CBLC, I though something may be wrong with CBDT/CBLC type fonts, so I also tried `ttf-joypixels`, that similarly fail to cache... I am very confused as to what is not letting such fonts cache - I cannot recall doing anything weird to my font configuration. What is worse, I tested with a couple of laptops I have, and everything seems fine there. I cannot for the life of me figure out what the problem could be and, unfortunately, I am far from proficient in font issues.

Let me also note that `gnome-font-viewer` opens the font files for viewing, so there is nothing corrupted in the files.

At the end of the day this is not a deal-breaker situation, but I am quite annoyed that something that was working perfectly fine just broke. As I mentioned, any ideas are very appreciated, and I am ready to answer any questions related to my set-up.

Last edited by coxackie (2024-01-09 22:29:11)

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] noto-fonts-emoji scanned OK, but not cached by fontconfig

Is it related to https://github.com/sile-typesetter/sile/issues/1261?

coxackie

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Re: [SOLVED] noto-fonts-emoji scanned OK, but not cached by fontconfig

Is it related to https://github.com/sile-typesetter/sile/issues/1261?

Not sure really. I tried to read through the thread, but I cannot understand how I can use the information to do anything about the situation... Also, as I have mentioned, the issues does not appear in my two laptops, just the desktop, so it may have something to do with my set-up in the desktop, but I always try to have a relatively clean system, so... go figure...

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] noto-fonts-emoji scanned OK, but not cached by fontconfig

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 5#p2141395 ?

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coxackie

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Re: [SOLVED] noto-fonts-emoji scanned OK, but not cached by fontconfig

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 5#p2141395 ?

Thank you SO much...  deleting /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf was indeed the remedy.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] noto-fonts-emoji scanned OK, but not cached by fontconfig

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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coxackie

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Re: [SOLVED] noto-fonts-emoji scanned OK, but not cached by fontconfig

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

Done, my dear sir.