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GNOME is missing default font (cantarell)

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From: Christophe Pisteur <christophe.pisteur <at> fsfe.org>
To: 57242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com>
Subject: bug#57242: GNOME is missing default font (cantarell)
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:04:48 +0200

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## 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

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