[SOLVED] fonts: The letter E is not showing up in github code files

TheStroyer · 2021-01-28 17:22:25

When browsing github through firefox I noticed that capital letters E (and maybe some others) don't show up. I tested the same page through chromium and the letters looked just fine.
To work around this issue I can go to about:preferences > fonts and uncheck 'Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selections above`.

This is what it looks like
broken
with workaround:
not broken

Last edited by TheStroyer (2021-02-06 19:01:31)

loqs · 2021-01-28 17:50:10

Right click on the element -> inspect element -> Inspector -> Fonts -> Fonts Used, what font is being used for the E?

TheStroyer · 2021-01-30 23:32:52

I found another test case in stackoverflow. Both github and stackoverflow are using Liberation Mono and Symbols-1000-em Nerd Font Complete. A quick seems to say that both fonts come from the main arch repos. I do have an AUR package with nerd fonts installed.

> pacman -Q ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols-mono ttf-meslo-nerd-font-powerlevel10k ttf-liberation
ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols-mono 2.1.0+36+gd0bf73a1-2
ttf-meslo-nerd-font-powerlevel10k 1.000-3
ttf-liberation 2.1.2-1

loqs · 2021-01-30 23:51:03

Remove the nerd font packages, see if that is the cause of the issue, install one those packages again see if it was that one e.t.c..

TheStroyer · 2021-01-31 16:58:56

The ttf-nerd-fonts-symbols-mono is definitely the problem here. Removing that package or the symlink 10-nerd-font-symbols.conf from /etc/fonst/conf.d fixes the bug.
Should I file a bug report on the package?

loqs · 2021-02-01 20:59:26

If the issue is in /etc/fonst/conf.d/10-nerd-font-symbols.conf then you should be able to override that configuration or do as you have done remove the file and then put in on NoExtract in pacman.conf.

TheStroyer · 2021-02-06 19:00:58

I think there must still be an issue with the package then, right? I'll submit an issue there.

loqs · 2021-02-13 23:09:06

'Symbols-1000-em Nerd Font Complete.ttf' from upstream only contains 'E' of that code block. I would suggest filing an issue upstream https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts to see if the glyph can be removed.
You could locally remove it using fontforge.

TheStroyer · 2021-02-14 12:01:19

Submitted it upstream https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/issues/581

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#1 2021-01-28 17:22:25

[SOLVED] fonts: The letter E is not showing up in github code files

#2 2021-01-28 17:50:10

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#3 2021-01-30 23:32:52

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