Re: [dev] [st] font fallback

From: Hadrien Lacour <hadrien.lacour_AT_posteo.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 18:31:44 +0200

On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 06:24:13PM +0200, Quentin Rameau wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> Hello Hadrien,
>
> > I'm trying view Japanese text but I don't manage to. Here's what I do
> > with urxvt (it works):
> > $ urxvt -fn "xft:xos4 Terminus:size=12,xft:Misc Fixed:size=11"
> >
> > with st (it doesn't; I get blank spaces or squares):
> > $ st -f "xos4 Terminus:size=12,Misc Fixed Wide:size=11"
> >
> > Am I doing something wrong?
>
> As you can read in config.h, the string is called “font”, not “fonts”.
> And so, st doesn't work with fallback fonts, this is something
> fontconfig should do for you, there is the configuration to make.
>
> Until further progress on replacing this bloated font management.
>
> — Quentin
>

I see, thanks. Don't know why I thought it was like this. Well, I'll try it
but fontconfig is indeed a big pain in the ass (editing XML is never fun).
Received on Sun Sep 03 2017 - 18:31:44 CEST