fonts changed after installation of some packages

questionask · 2021-12-04 06:44:57

After a

$ sudo pacman -Syu cddlib lcalc lrcalc coin-or-cbc coxeter graphviz lrs ninja pandoc perl-term-readline-gnu

all my fonts in Xfce have been changed. How do I get back the old ones? This must be a known question.

seth · 2021-12-04 07:36:34

After a

Maybe rather post the pacman log so we can see what actually was installed/updated?

all my fonts in Xfce have been changed.

How and from what to what?

How do I get back the old ones?

By configuring them?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Font_configuration

This must be a known question.

Yeah, actually so popular that there's sticky about it: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855 …

questionask · 2021-12-04 08:07:04

I don't know what my old fonts were. How can I find it out?

Here is the relevant pacman log:

[2021-12-04T07:39:17+0100] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu cddlib lcalc lrcalc coin-or-cbc coxeter graphviz lrs ninja pandoc perl-term-readline-gnu'
[2021-12-04T07:39:17+0100] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2021-12-04T07:39:18+0100] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] transaction started
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] reinstalled cddlib (1:0.94m-1)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] reinstalled lcalc (2.0.4-1)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] reinstalled lrcalc (2.1-1)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed coin-or-coinutils (2.11.4-1)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed coin-or-osi (0.108.6-1)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed coin-or-clp (1.17.6-1)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed coin-or-cgl (0.60.3-1)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed coin-or-asl (1.4.3-1)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed coin-or-cbc (2.10.5-4)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed coxeter (git.20180226-3)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed netpbm (10.73.36-1)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed gts (0.7.6.121130-2)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed gsfonts (20200910-2)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed graphviz (2.49.3-1)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed lrs (071.b-1)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed ninja (1.10.2-1)
[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed numactl (2.0.14-1)
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[2021-12-04T07:39:38+0100] [ALPM] installed perl-term-readline-gnu (1.42-1)
[2021-12-04T07:39:38+0100] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2021-12-04T07:39:38+0100] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2021-12-04T07:39:38+0100] [ALPM] running '40-fontconfig-config.hook'...
[2021-12-04T07:39:38+0100] [ALPM] running 'detect-old-perl-modules.hook'...
[2021-12-04T07:39:38+0100] [ALPM] running 'fontconfig.hook'...
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[2021-12-04T07:39:46+0100] [ALPM] running 'xorg-mkfontscale.hook'...

Please tell me what else you need.

Last edited by questionask (2021-12-04 08:07:22)

seth · 2021-12-04 08:15:07

I don't know what my old fonts were. How can I find it out?

Ex post? You can't. Also, how do you not know what fonts you used? You at least will have installed it.

The likely cause is

[2021-12-04T07:39:37+0100] [ALPM] installed gsfonts (20200910-2)

fc-match sans

for the (likely) *present* resolution
Then configure whatever font you want instead.

questionask · 2021-12-04 09:41:00

Thanks. I removed gsfonts and rebooted, and now my old fonts are back.

Before removing gsfonts:

$ fc-match 
NimbusSans-Regular.otf: "Nimbus Sans" "Regular"

after/desired:

$ fc-match
NotoSans-Regular.ttf: "Noto Sans" "Regular"

How could I have changed the font back to Noto Sans (also the typewriter font in the terminal) without removing gsfonts? At a first glance, I don't see it in https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Font_configuration, but https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Font_c … ting_fonts looks interesting.

seth · 2021-12-04 12:59:37

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Font_c … ault_fonts - obviously ignore the language specific part.

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#1 2021-12-04 06:44:57

fonts changed after installation of some packages

#2 2021-12-04 07:36:34

Re: fonts changed after installation of some packages

#3 2021-12-04 08:07:04

Re: fonts changed after installation of some packages

#4 2021-12-04 08:15:07

Re: fonts changed after installation of some packages

#5 2021-12-04 09:41:00

Re: fonts changed after installation of some packages

#6 2021-12-04 12:59:37

Re: fonts changed after installation of some packages

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