Montserrat font problems with inkscape 1.0.2 (rpm fedora, flatpak)

christian1 · May 23, 2021, 9:00pm

The Montserrat appear as a font option but there is none,

Normal
Bold
Ultrabold
and more

terminal:

[chris@f34 ~]$ dnf list \*montserrat\*
Last metadata expiration check: 0:08:50 ago on Sun 23 May 2021 03:24:27 PM -05.
Installed Packages
julietaula-montserrat-base-web-fonts.noarch                                                    1:7.210-4.fc34                                                       @anaconda
julietaula-montserrat-fonts.noarch                                                             1:7.210-4.fc34                                                       @anaconda
julietaula-montserrat-fonts-common.noarch                                                      1:7.210-4.fc34                                                       @anaconda
Available Packages
julietaula-montserrat-alternates-fonts.noarch                                                  1:7.210-4.fc34                                                       fedora   
julietaula-montserrat-extra-web-fonts.noarch                                                   1:7.210-4.fc34                                                       fedora   
texlive-montserrat.noarch                                                                      9:svn54512-38.fc34                                                   fedora   
[chris@f34 ~]$

I have installed the above fonts:

julietaaula-montserrat-alternates-fonts.noarch
julietaula-montserrat-extra-web-fonts.noarch

but no resolve the problem.

fonts application

inkscape

system:

[chris@f34 ~]$ screenfetch
           /:-------------:\          chris@f34.ec
        :-------------------::        OS: Fedora 
      :-----------/shhOHbmp---:\      Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.12.5-300.fc34.x86_64
    /-----------omMMMNNNMMD  ---:     Uptime: 6h 27m
   :-----------sMMMMNMNMP.    ---:    Packages: 1857
  :-----------:MMMdP-------    ---\   Shell: bash 5.1.0
 ,------------:MMMd--------    ---:   Resolution: 1920x1080
 :------------:MMMd-------    .---:   DE: GNOME 40.0
 :----    oNMMMMMMMMMNho     .----:   WM: Mutter
 :--     .+shhhMMMmhhy++   .------/   WM Theme: Adwaita
 :-    -------:MMMd--------------:    GTK Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
 :-   --------/MMMd-------------;     Icon Theme: Adwaita
 :-    ------/hMMMy------------:      Font: Cantarell 11
 :-- :dMNdhhdNMMNo------------;       Disk: 23G / 143G (16%)
 :---:sdNMMMMNds:------------:        CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 @ 4x 3.2GHz [46.0°C]
 :------:://:-------------::          GPU: NVD9
 :---------------------://            RAM: 4650MiB / 15793MiB
                                     
[chris@f34 ~]$

The problem affect inkscape from:

rpm fedora repository
flathub as flatpak.

ilikelinux · May 23, 2021, 9:10pm

Did you see this:
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/font-rendering-bug-all-characters-in-system-programs-are-rendered-as-hexadecimal-boxes/76760

christian1 · May 23, 2021, 9:26pm

Thanks. No those folders in the system

[chris@f34 ~]$ ls .font*
ls: cannot access '.font*': No such file or directory
[chris@f34 ~]$

ilikelinux · May 23, 2021, 9:55pm

Did you upgrade or have you made a new installation?

Mine was a new installation while it was testing. I tested in Inkscape, mine looks good (rpm fedora).

I just have:

Last metadata expiration check: 1:45:33 ago on Sun 23 May 2021 05:01:04 PM -03.
Installed Packages
julietaula-montserrat-fonts.noarch                          1:7.210-4.fc34                    @updates-testing
Available Packages
julietaula-montserrat-alternates-fonts.noarch               1:7.210-4.fc34                    fedora          
julietaula-montserrat-base-web-fonts.noarch                 1:7.210-4.fc34                    fedora          
julietaula-montserrat-extra-web-fonts.noarch                1:7.210-4.fc34                    fedora          
julietaula-montserrat-fonts-common.noarch                   1:7.210-4.fc34                    fedora          
texlive-montserrat.noarch                                   9:svn54512-38.fc34                fedora  ```

christian1 · May 23, 2021, 9:57pm

A fresh new installation of fedora 34 workstation

christian1 · May 23, 2021, 10:14pm

Thanks. I have removed 2 packages and the problem take off.
Solution:

sudo dnf remove julietaula-montserrat-fonts-common julietaula-montserrat-base-web-fonts

In other hand, why are those packages producing discomfort?

system · June 20, 2021, 10:15pm

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