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Fontconfig does not find fonts in non-default profiles

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38498: closed (Fontconfig does not find fonts in non-default
 profiles)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:27:02 +0000

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From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Fontconfig does not find fonts in non-default profiles
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:43:34 +0100

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The fontconfig package has this bit:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(string-append "--with-add-fonts="
  "~/.guix-profile/share/fonts,"
  "/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts")
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

If I understand correctly, fonts can only be installed at the system
level or in ~/.guix-profile.

Is there a way to install fonts in a non-default profile?
If not, it would be nice to implement it.  Can we use an environment variable?

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
Cc: 38498-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38498: Fontconfig does not find fonts in non-default profiles
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:26:29 -0400

Hi Pierre,

Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz> writes:

> The fontconfig package has this bit:
>
> (string-append "--with-add-fonts="
>   "~/.guix-profile/share/fonts,"
>   "/run/current-system/profile/share/fonts")
>
> If I understand correctly, fonts can only be installed at the system
> level or in ~/.guix-profile.

This is no longer true, since commit
c738a054cac00441a4f697f0b40705d0b3f4a7a7, which allowed fontconfig to
find fonts via a search path specification using XDG_DATA_DIRS.

Closing.

Maxim

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