Activity log for bug #1560114

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2016-03-21 16:22:59 Björn Lindqvist bug added bug
2016-03-21 16:23:35 Björn Lindqvist description By default, fontconfig-config installs a file called "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf". It disables bitmap fonts. What good for, I don't know. Though if you later install a bitmap font "apt-get install xfonts-terminus" then that font wont show up in menus. That is not what you expect. The workaround is: sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf sudo ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf But you shouldn't need that and bitmap founds shouldn't be disabled. By default, fontconfig-config installs a file called "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf". It disables bitmap fonts. What good for, I don't know. Though if you later install a bitmap font "apt-get install xfonts-terminus" then that font wont show up in menus. That is not what you expect. The workaround is: sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf sudo ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf But you shouldn't need that and bitmap founds shouldn't be disabled. The bug is present in Ubuntu wily, 15.10.
2017-10-28 18:17:20 Jeremy Bícha fontconfig (Ubuntu): status New Invalid