fonts reset automatically and require me to run fc-cache

Subbeh · 2021-09-19 05:41:54

Often times (usually but not always after I restart X), my fonts don't seem to load and I have to run "fc-cache -f" to reload them.

I don't really know where to start troubleshooting this as it seems to happen randomly.

The fonts are located in $HOME/.local/share/fonts. I ran "fc-list" before and after updating the cache to confirm that the fonts were not loaded, and it seems that only the bdf/pcf files have issues.

my xinitrc file contains the following code:

  # load fonts
  for dir in $(find $XDG_DATA_HOME/fonts/ -type d) ; do 
    xset +fp $dir
  done
  xset fp rehash

Any idea what the issue might be? I don't see anything relevant in the xorg logs

EDIT: it looks like the fonts reset as soon as I open a browser (Brave)

Last edited by Subbeh (2021-09-19 05:48:17)

seth · 2021-09-19 06:38:47

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=261208

Subbeh · 2021-09-19 06:48:45

seth wrote:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=261208

Thanks, that looks like a very similar issue.

I think the issue I'm having only happens when using the Brave browser, so I've decided to stop using it for now and posted a message on their forums in hope that one of their devs takes a look.

seth · 2021-09-19 06:53:51

It happens for *every* electron/blink/chromium/qwebengine/… client, brave will call it an upstream problem and close your report
Also pango (every gtk application) completely dropped pcf support, so the only sustainable solution is to switch to otb versions of your fonts.

Subbeh · 2021-09-19 08:09:03

seth wrote:

It happens for *every* electron/blink/chromium/qwebengine/… client, brave will call it an upstream problem and close your report
Also pango (every gtk application) completely dropped pcf support, so the only sustainable solution is to switch to otb versions of your fonts.

Chromium seems to work fine, but that makes sense.. thanks for the help

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fonts reset automatically and require me to run fc-cache

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Re: fonts reset automatically and require me to run fc-cache

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