Subject: GNOME is missing default font (cantarell)
From: Christophe Pisteur <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: Luis Felipe <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:04:48 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

## Steps to reproduce

The following steps assume you are using Guix System with GNOME
desktop.

1. Boot with a 5.18 kernel
2. Connect with GDM / X11 to the Gnome desktop

## Expected result

+ The gnome desktop interface uses the default Cantarell font (as in
5.17 kernel)
+ Cantarell font is available in applications (for example LibreOffice)

## Unexpected result

+ the Cantarell, font which is the default font of the gnome desktop,
is not used in the Gnome interface
+ gnome-tweaks, which allows to select the interface font, does not
list the Cantarell font
+ Cantarell font is not proposed by LibreOffice 7.5.3 either

see: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2022-08/msg00110.html

## Workaround

Thank to https://luis-felipe.gitlab.io/:

1. guix install font-abattis-cantarell
2. fc-cache -rv
3. Reload GNOME Shell (press Alt+F2, type the letter r in the command
box, and press Enter)

see: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2022-08/msg00115.html

## System information

GNOME 40.4
GNU Guix 8337787
Guix system 64 bit / X11
Kernel 5.18.12, 5.18.14, 5.18.16