Questions tagged [fonts]
A font is an entire set of glyphs that make up a typeface. Installing a font allows the user to use that font in order to change the appearance of text on an output device such as a screen or printer.
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Setting my preferred font in Suckless's ST terminal emulator
I really like the default font used by xterm.
By running xterm -report-fonts, I glean that this font is -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1 written in the old XLFD ...
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how to show math in console using kernel fonts?
Thanks to tools like euporie it's possible today to use jupyter notebooks in the console. This opens a whole new set of possibilities for the TUI world.
In markdown cells one can write LaTeX, but ...
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Fish shell : characters not displayed correctly in prompt
I'm moving from bash to fish, and I've installed ilancosman/tide prompt.
However, Some characters are not displayed correctly (cf. right part):
What I've done :
Install MesloLGS fonts by putting *....
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Changing font in my Vim text editor on Arch Linux? (DWM/X11)
I need your help! I am trying to set up a specific font and font size in my ~/.vimrc file using set guifont=Monospace:h15, but nothing is changing no matter if I put 12 or 20 in the size column. I've ...
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What causes fonts to be rendered incorrectly?
Environment: Manjaro, KDE. Font is IBM Plex Sans
I'm trying to identify an issue with font rendering with my system, hopefully you can see from the first screenshot below the lowercase characters: n ...
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Why does Consolas have different vertical alignment on Linux?
Using Consolas 14px
Firefox default profile, max zoom
VS Code, same settings, no zoom
Windows 10 (Left), Linux Mint (Right)
Aside from Windows having more vibrant colors (2nd image), the font ...
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Grub does not display custom fonts - How to Debug?
Operating system: OpenSUSE 15.6, upgraded from 15.5
I am creating a custom grub theme in which I want to use a font with a larger size than the default (I'm on a 3840x2160 screen). I followed the ...
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Wayland terminal with fixed font
I am switching from regular Xorg setup to Plasma KDE on Wayland. There is no better look that I know for a terminal than transparent urxvt with fixed xorg 7x14 font. Urxvt has issues with wayland and ...
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Google Chrome 136 under Linux no longer honors Freetype font antialiasing overrides
For years I've used this to run Chrome/Chromium:
FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=truetype:interpreter-version=35 chrome
This no longer works in Chrome 136.0.7103.59 (Official Build) (64-bit).
Does anyone know ...
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change the stdio/stderr font color for terminal
I am using a dark theme. As you can see, the errors (ModuleNotFound from python) is almost unreadable.
I have two questions.
Is this colour controlled by python or the terminal?
How can I change the ...
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How to ignore newly installed font unless specifically asked for?
I've installed a Japanese font (this one, if it makes any difference) that I wanted to use to practice reading cursive writing - i.e. it's deliberately very hard to read.
However, it now appears to be ...
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Why LibreOffice uses Noto Serif for the missing Aptos?
Aptos font is not present in the system.
The LibreOffice's "Apply replacement table" is off.
$ fc-match aptos
NotoSans-Regular.ttf: "Noto Sans" "Regular"
Yet Writer ...
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what fonts do I need for DimSum Chinese Mandarin Tools?
I found DimSum years ago (I installed it on Windows), it helped me to translate English to Chinese, but unfortunately the project is abandoned, the site is still there, but many links are broken. My ...
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How do I change the font Chromium exposes as `ui-monospace`?
Currently, this is always Liberation Mono, which I hate, and it doesn't respect the font gsetting (I use MATE).
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Fontconfig weight configuration not taking effect
I have the following fontconfig configuration, but the font weights aren't changing as expected. I discovered that changing target="font" to target="pattern" makes it work.
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