Some random words have weird glyphs in them

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Hi!

I have this weird issue for a while now on Fedora 37, and hoped fedora 38 might fixed it. But unfortunately it didn’t.

Some letters in words have some weird glyphs in them, it is somewhat random, as in I have no clue why they occur at various locations. But when it is happening, it is consistent happening.

For example; the Spotify application always has those glyphs in the artist name in the ‘currently playing’ info box. And some websites have them consistently in the breadcrumbs, while others don’t.

This is how it looks:
Screenshot from 2023-04-20 08-02-39

I have no clue where to start, hoping someone is familiar with this issue and has a solution :-)!

System info:

OS: Fedora 38
Processor: 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 × 8
Graphics: Intel® Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)

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Hi @wouterrutgers , welcome to the community!

It’s probably a missing font issue. Are these related to some particular language, or it is just English? Can you please create a new user to see if the issue persists too?

The output of fpaste --sysinfo --printonly would also be very useful to us to get some basic info on your system.

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Hi @ankursinha, thank you!

It’s (as far as I can tell) not related to a particular language, artists names are not really a ‘language’ I guess. If you meant character set, I’m not sure. It’s a annoying one to test, because I don’t know how to trigger it :stuck_out_tongue:!

I’ve thought that it might be a font issue too, but the weird thing is, if I take the same string of letters and put them anywhere else (can test that on websites, not so much on spotify ofcourse) they’ll render correctly. Also, sometimes highlighting the words by selecting them makes it so it renders correctly too. Which makes me think it’s not the specific font that causes these rendering issues.

Output of fpaste:

=== fpaste 0.4.3.0 System Information ===
* OS Release (cat /etc/*-release | uniq):
     Fedora release 38 (Thirty Eight)
     NAME="Fedora Linux"
     VERSION="38 (Workstation Edition)"
     ID=fedora
     VERSION_ID=38
     VERSION_CODENAME=""
     PLATFORM_ID="platform:f38"
     PRETTY_NAME="Fedora Linux 38 (Workstation Edition)"
     ANSI_COLOR="0;38;2;60;110;180"
     LOGO=fedora-logo-icon
     CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38"
     DEFAULT_HOSTNAME="fedora"
     HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/"
     DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f38/system-administrators-guide/"
     SUPPORT_URL="https://ask.fedoraproject.org/"
     BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"
     REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Fedora"
     REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=38
     REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Fedora"
     REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=38
     SUPPORT_END=2024-05-14
     VARIANT="Workstation Edition"
     VARIANT_ID=workstation
     Fedora release 38 (Thirty Eight)
     
* Kernel (uname -r ; cat /proc/cmdline):
     6.2.11-300.fc38.x86_64
     BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt2)/vmlinuz-6.2.11-300.fc38.x86_64 root=UUID=4a5446ce-3e5b-43c8-a08e-cd5347b130e0 ro rootflags=subvol=root rhgb quiet
     
* Desktop(s) Running (ps -eo comm= | grep -E '(gnome-session|startkde|startactive|xfce.?-session|fluxbox|blackbox|hackedbox|ratpoison|enlightenment|icewm-session|od-session|wmaker|wmx|openbox-lxde|openbox-gnome-session|openbox-kde-session|mwm|e16|fvwm|xmonad|sugar-session|mate-session|lxqt-session|cinnamon|lxdm-session)' ):
     gnome-session-b
     gnome-session-c
     gnome-session-b
     
* Desktop(s) Installed (ls -m /usr/share/xsessions/ | sed 's/\.desktop//g' ):
     gnome-classic, gnome-classic-xorg, gnome,
     gnome-xorg
     
* SELinux Status (sestatus):
     SELinux status:                 disabled
     
* SELinux Errors (without results: "selinuxenabled && journalctl --since yesterday |grep avc: | grep -Eo comm="[^ ]+" | sort |uniq -c |sort -rn"):
     N/A

* CPU Model (grep 'model name' /proc/cpuinfo | awk -F: '{print $2}' | uniq -c |
     sed -re 's/^ +//' ):
     8  11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
     
* 64-bit Support (grep -q ' lm ' /proc/cpuinfo && echo Yes || echo No):
     Yes
     
* Hardware Virtualization Support (grep -Eq '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo && echo Yes || echo No):
     Yes
     
* Load average (uptime):
      18:21:11 up  8:14,  1 user,  load average: 0,42, 0,74, 1,08
     
* Pressure Stall Information (grep -R . /proc/pressure/):
     /proc/pressure/io:some avg10=0.00 avg60=0.00 avg300=0.01 total=237353304
     /proc/pressure/io:full avg10=0.00 avg60=0.00 avg300=0.00 total=229068702
     /proc/pressure/cpu:some avg10=0.00 avg60=0.00 avg300=0.07 total=206946092
     /proc/pressure/cpu:full avg10=0.00 avg60=0.00 avg300=0.00 total=0
     /proc/pressure/irq:full avg10=0.00 avg60=0.00 avg300=0.00 total=46981510
     /proc/pressure/memory:some avg10=0.00 avg60=0.00 avg300=0.00 total=290200
     /proc/pressure/memory:full avg10=0.00 avg60=0.00 avg300=0.00 total=254914
     
* Memory usage (free -m):
                    total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
     Mem:           31767       10942        2147        2714       18676       17644
     Swap:           8191          28        8163
     
* ZRAM usage (zramctl --output-all):
     NAME       DISKSIZE  DATA  COMPR ALGORITHM STREAMS ZERO-PAGES TOTAL MEM-LIMIT MEM-USED MIGRATED MOUNTPOINT
     /dev/zram0       8G 27,8M 747,1K lzo-rle         8       5941  1,3M        0B     1,7M       0B [SWAP]
     
* Top 5 CPU hogs (ps axuScnh | awk '$2!=105566' | sort -rnk3 | head -5):
         1000    8808 26.4 15.9 11688788 5196472 ?    SNLl 10:08 130:23 java
         1000    2611  6.0  0.0 34073608 16468 ?      S    10:06  29:48 chrome
         1000    2010  4.5  0.9 5816228 322192 ?      Ssl  10:06  22:21 gnome-shell
         1000   97895  3.4  1.5 1198702616 506232 ?   Sl   17:45   1:13 chrome
         1000    2898  3.4  0.8 35405748 260984 ?     Sl   10:06  17:06 chrome
     
* Top 5 Memory hogs (ps axuScnh | sort -rnk4 | head -5):
         1000    8808 26.4 15.9 11688788 5196472 ?    SNLl 10:08 130:23 java
           27    1738  2.3  2.7 4940808 905588 ?      Ssl  10:06  11:50 mysqld
         1000   97895  3.4  1.5 1198702616 506232 ?   Sl   17:45   1:13 chrome
         1000    2445  1.8  1.5 34555928 506540 ?     SLl  10:06   9:16 chrome
         1000    2394  0.1  1.4 1653384 460188 ?      Sl   10:06   0:36 gnome-software
     
* Disk space usage (df -hT):
     Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
     devtmpfs       devtmpfs  4,0M     0  4,0M   0% /dev
     tmpfs          tmpfs      16G  126M   16G   1% /dev/shm
     tmpfs          tmpfs     6,3G  2,0M  6,3G   1% /run
     /dev/nvme0n1p3 btrfs     930G   89G  833G  10% /
     /dev/nvme0n1p3 btrfs     930G   89G  833G  10% /home
     /dev/nvme0n1p2 ext4      974M  338M  569M  38% /boot
     tmpfs          tmpfs      16G   45M   16G   1% /tmp
     /dev/nvme0n1p1 vfat      599M   18M  582M   3% /boot/efi
     tmpfs          tmpfs     3,2G  316K  3,2G   1% /run/user/1000
     
* Block devices (without results: "blkid" AND "/sbin/blkid"):
     N/A

* PCI devices (lspci -nn):
     00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 11th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:9a14] (rev 01)
     00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] [8086:9a49] (rev 01)
     00:04.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation TigerLake-LP Dynamic Tuning Processor Participant [8086:9a03] (rev 01)
     00:0a.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Tigerlake Telemetry Aggregator Driver [8086:9a0d] (rev 01)
     00:0d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Thunderbolt 4 USB Controller [8086:9a13] (rev 01)
     00:0e.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Intel Corporation Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller [8086:9a0b]
     00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 xHCI Host Controller [8086:a0ed] (rev 20)
     00:14.2 RAM memory [0500]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Shared SRAM [8086:a0ef] (rev 20)
     00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 6 AX201 [8086:a0f0] (rev 20)
     00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0 [8086:a0e8] (rev 20)
     00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Management Engine Interface [8086:a0e0] (rev 20)
     00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Tigerlake PCH-LP PCI Express Root Port #6 [8086:a0bd] (rev 20)
     00:1c.7 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP PCI Express Root Port #8 [8086:a0bf] (rev 20)
     00:1d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP PCI Express Root Port #9 [8086:a0b0] (rev 20)
     00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP LPC Controller [8086:a082] (rev 20)
     00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller [8086:a0c8] (rev 20)
     00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP SMBus Controller [8086:a0a3] (rev 20)
     00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Tiger Lake-LP SPI Controller [8086:a0a4] (rev 20)
     01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS522A PCI Express Card Reader [10ec:522a] (rev 01)
     02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 15)
     03:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Sandisk Corp WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD [15b7:5009] (rev 01)
     
* USB devices (lsusb):
     Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
     Bus 003 Device 006: ID 04f3:0c5e Elan Microelectronics Corp. ELAN:ARM-M4
     Bus 003 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
     Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0408:5347 Quanta Computer, Inc. HP HD Camera
     Bus 003 Device 007: ID 8087:0026 Intel Corp. AX201 Bluetooth
     Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
     Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     
* DRM Information (journalctl -k -b | grep -o 'kernel:.*drm.*$' | cut -d ' ' -f 2- ):
     ACPI: bus type drm_connector registered
     [drm] Initialized simpledrm 1.0.0 20200625 for simple-framebuffer.0 on minor 0
     simple-framebuffer simple-framebuffer.0: [drm] fb0: simpledrmdrmfb frame buffer device
     i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Using Transparent Hugepages
     i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Finished loading DMC firmware i915/tgl_dmc_ver2_12.bin (v2.12)
     i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Protected Xe Path (PXP) protected content support initialized
     [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20201103 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 1
     fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device
     i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer device
     audit: type=1130 audit(1681977997.368:9): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=kernel msg='unit=modprobe@drm comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
     audit: type=1131 audit(1681977997.368:10): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=kernel msg='unit=modprobe@drm comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
     i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* [ENCODER:325:DDI TC1/PHY TC1][DPRX] Failed to enable link training
     i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* [ENCODER:325:DDI TC1/PHY TC1][DPRX] Failed to enable link training
     i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* [ENCODER:325:DDI TC1/PHY TC1][DPRX] Failed to enable link training
     
* Xorg modules (grep LoadModule /var/log/Xorg.0.log ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log | cut -d \" -f 2 | xargs):
     
     
* GL Support (glxinfo | grep -E "OpenGL version|OpenGL renderer"):
     OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)
     OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 23.0.2
     
* Xorg errors (without results: "grep '^\[.*(EE)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log | cut -d ':' -f 2- "):
     N/A

* Kernel buffer tail (dmesg | tail):
     [29343.005386] wlp0s20f3: associated
     [29343.040230] wlp0s20f3: Limiting TX power to 27 (30 - 3) dBm as advertised by 1c:61:b4:f9:97:cd
     [29528.178504] wlp0s20f3: disconnect from AP 1c:61:b4:f9:97:cd for new auth to 1c:61:b4:f9:98:a9
     [29528.206232] wlp0s20f3: authenticate with 1c:61:b4:f9:98:a9
     [29528.211893] wlp0s20f3: send auth to 1c:61:b4:f9:98:a9 (try 1/3)
     [29528.242684] wlp0s20f3: authenticated
     [29528.243048] wlp0s20f3: associate with 1c:61:b4:f9:98:a9 (try 1/3)
     [29528.254019] wlp0s20f3: RX ReassocResp from 1c:61:b4:f9:98:a9 (capab=0x511 status=0 aid=1)
     [29528.260056] wlp0s20f3: associated
     [29528.311791] wlp0s20f3: Limiting TX power to 27 (30 - 3) dBm as advertised by 1c:61:b4:f9:98:a9
     
* Last few reboots (last -x -n10 reboot runlevel):
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   6.2.11-300.fc38. Thu Apr 20 10:06   still running
     reboot   system boot  6.2.11-300.fc38. Thu Apr 20 10:06   still running
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   6.2.11-300.fc38. Wed Apr 19 20:25 - 10:06  (13:40)
     reboot   system boot  6.2.11-300.fc38. Wed Apr 19 20:25 - 10:06  (13:41)
     reboot   system boot  6.2.10-200.fc37. Wed Apr 19 20:21 - 20:24  (00:03)
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   6.2.10-200.fc37. Wed Apr 19 12:29 - 20:21  (07:51)
     reboot   system boot  6.2.10-200.fc37. Wed Apr 19 12:29 - 20:21  (07:51)
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   6.2.9-200.fc37.x Mon Apr 17 08:49 - 12:29 (2+03:40)
     reboot   system boot  6.2.9-200.fc37.x Mon Apr 17 08:49 - 12:29 (2+03:40)
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   6.2.9-200.fc37.x Wed Apr 12 07:24 - 00:10 (3+16:45)
     
     wtmp begins Sat Feb  4 20:14:20 2023
     
* DNF Repositories (dnf repolist):
     repo id                                               repo name
     1password                                             1Password Stable Channel
     copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:hyperreal:better_fonts Copr repo for better_fonts owned by hyperreal
     copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:phracek:PyCharm        Copr repo for PyCharm owned by phracek
     fedora                                                Fedora 38 - x86_64
     fedora-cisco-openh264                                 Fedora 38 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
     fedora-modular                                        Fedora Modular 38 - x86_64
     google-chrome                                         google-chrome
     mysql-connectors-community                            MySQL Connectors Community
     mysql-tools-community                                 MySQL Tools Community
     mysql80-community                                     MySQL 8.0 Community Server
     rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver                       RPM Fusion for Fedora 38 - Nonfree - NVIDIA Driver
     rpmfusion-nonfree-steam                               RPM Fusion for Fedora 38 - Nonfree - Steam
     teamviewer                                            TeamViewer - x86_64
     updates                                               Fedora 38 - x86_64 - Updates
     updates-modular                                       Fedora Modular 38 - x86_64 - Updates
     
* DNF Extras (dnf -C list extras):
     TeamViewer - x86_64                              13 kB/s | 3.1 kB     00:00    
     Is this ok [y/N]: Last metadata expiration check: 0:48:12 ago on do 20 apr 2023 17:33:00 CEST.
     Extra Packages
     appimagelauncher.x86_64          2.2.0-travis995~0f91801           @@commandline
     teamviewer.x86_64                15.40.8-0                         @teamviewer  
     
* Last 20 packages installed (rpm -qa --nodigest --nosignature --last | head -20):
     NetworkManager-config-connectivity-fedora-1.42.0-1.fc38.noarch wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:39 CEST
     gnome-user-docs-44.0-1.fc38.noarch            wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:39 CEST
     fedora-bookmarks-28-26.fc38.noarch            wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:39 CEST
     atmel-firmware-1.3-29.fc38.noarch             wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:39 CEST
     alsa-sof-firmware-2.2.4-3.fc38.noarch         wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:39 CEST
     zd1211-firmware-1.5-13.fc38.noarch            wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     words-3.0-41.fc38.noarch                      wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     vazirmatn-vf-fonts-33.003-3.fc38.noarch       wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     tree-2.1.0-2.fc38.x86_64                      wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     time-1.9-20.fc38.x86_64                       wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     thai-scalable-waree-fonts-0.7.3-5.fc38.noarch wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     systemd-boot-unsigned-253.2-1.fc38.x86_64     wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     stix-fonts-2.13b171-3.fc38.noarch             wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     sil-padauk-fonts-3.003-11.fc38.noarch         wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     sil-nuosu-fonts-2.200-7.fc38.noarch           wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     sil-mingzat-fonts-1.100-3.fc38.noarch         wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     rootfiles-8.1-33.fc38.noarch                  wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     rit-meera-new-fonts-1.4.1-2.fc38.noarch       wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     paktype-naskh-basic-fonts-6.0-5.fc38.noarch   wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     nim-srpm-macros-3-8.fc38.noarch               wo 19 apr 2023 20:23:37 CEST
     
* EFI boot manager output (efibootmgr -v):
     BootCurrent: 0000
     Timeout: 0 seconds
     BootOrder: 0000,0005,0003,0004,0001,0002
     Boot0000* Fedora	HD(1,GPT,af2c945d-c466-4568-a9df-fd64b104c966,0x800,0x12c000)/File(\EFI\fedora\shimx64.efi) File(.)
           dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 12 00 00 00 00 00 5d 94 2c af 66 c4 68 45 a9 df fd 64 b1 04 c9 66 02 02 / 04 04 34 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 66 00 65 00 64 00 6f 00 72 00 61 00 5c 00 73 00 68 00 69 00 6d 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
         data: 04 00 00 00 49 53 50 48
     Boot0001* Wi-Fi IPV4 Network	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x3)/MAC(e884a58b14e7,1)/Wi-Fi(00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)4eac0881119f594d850ee21a522c59b20000000049535048
           dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 03 14 / 03 0b 25 00 e8 84 a5 8b 14 e7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 / 03 1c 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 03 0c 1b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
         data: 4e ac 08 81 11 9f 59 4d 85 0e e2 1a 52 2c 59 b2 00 00 00 00 49 53 50 48
     Boot0002* Wi-Fi IPV6 Network	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x3)/MAC(e884a58b14e7,1)/Wi-Fi(00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)4eac0881119f594d850ee21a522c59b20000000049535048
           dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 03 14 / 03 0b 25 00 e8 84 a5 8b 14 e7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 / 03 1c 24 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 03 0d 3c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
         data: 4e ac 08 81 11 9f 59 4d 85 0e e2 1a 52 2c 59 b2 00 00 00 00 49 53 50 48
     Boot0003* IPV4 Network - Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x7)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(6c02e098a642,0)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)4eac0881119f594d850ee21a522c59b20000000049535048
           dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 07 1c / 01 01 06 00 00 00 / 03 0b 25 00 6c 02 e0 98 a6 42 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 03 0c 1b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
         data: 4e ac 08 81 11 9f 59 4d 85 0e e2 1a 52 2c 59 b2 00 00 00 00 49 53 50 48
     Boot0004* IPV6 Network - Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1c,0x7)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/MAC(6c02e098a642,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)4eac0881119f594d850ee21a522c59b20000000049535048
           dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 07 1c / 01 01 06 00 00 00 / 03 0b 25 00 6c 02 e0 98 a6 42 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 03 0d 3c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
         data: 4e ac 08 81 11 9f 59 4d 85 0e e2 1a 52 2c 59 b2 00 00 00 00 49 53 50 48
     Boot0005  USB:  	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)4eac0881119f594d850ee21a522c59b20b80010049535048
           dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 00 14 / 7f ff 04 00
         data: 4e ac 08 81 11 9f 59 4d 85 0e e2 1a 52 2c 59 b2 0b 80 01 00 49 53 50 48
     Boot0006* IPV4 Network	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0xd,0x0)/USB(1,0)/USB(3,0)/MAC(b0227ac55109,0)/IPv4(0.0.0.00.0.0.0,0,0)4eac0881119f594d850ee21a522c59b20000000049535048
           dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 00 0d / 03 05 06 00 01 00 / 03 05 06 00 03 00 / 03 0b 25 00 b0 22 7a c5 51 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 03 0c 1b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
         data: 4e ac 08 81 11 9f 59 4d 85 0e e2 1a 52 2c 59 b2 00 00 00 00 49 53 50 48
     Boot0007* IPV6 Network	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0xd,0x0)/USB(1,0)/USB(3,0)/MAC(b0227ac55109,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)4eac0881119f594d850ee21a522c59b20000000049535048
           dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 00 0d / 03 05 06 00 01 00 / 03 05 06 00 03 00 / 03 0b 25 00 b0 22 7a c5 51 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 03 0d 3c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
         data: 4e ac 08 81 11 9f 59 4d 85 0e e2 1a 52 2c 59 b2 00 00 00 00 49 53 50 48
     Boot0008* IPV6 Network	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0xd,0x0)/USB(1,0)/USB(3,0)/MAC(b0227ac55109,0)/IPv6([::]:<->[::]:,0,0)4eac0881119f594d850ee21a522c59b20000000049535048
           dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 00 0d / 03 05 06 00 01 00 / 03 05 06 00 03 00 / 03 0b 25 00 b0 22 7a c5 51 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 03 0d 3c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
         data: 4e ac 08 81 11 9f 59 4d 85 0e e2 1a 52 2c 59 b2 00 00 00 00 49 53 50 48
     Boot0009* Fedora	HD(1,GPT,af2c945d-c466-4568-a9df-fd64b104c966,0x800,0x12c000)/File(\EFI\fedora\shimx64.efi)
           dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 12 00 00 00 00 00 5d 94 2c af 66 c4 68 45 a9 df fd 64 b1 04 c9 66 02 02 / 04 04 34 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 66 00 65 00 64 00 6f 00 72 00 61 00 5c 00 73 00 68 00 69 00 6d 00 78 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 65 00 66 00 69 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
4

hrm, not sure then—how about a new user? Any chance you can replicate the issue there? If you can, it’s a system issue. If you can’t, it’s something in the user configuration.

5

Ah, I did try that after your last post, forgot to mention it ;-)!

So I created a new user and opened Spotify as that is the application where it consistently is rendering incorrectly in the artist name. But unfortunately the issue exists.

I just thought that it might have something to do with the ultrawide screen I’m using (3840 x 1600), but when unplugging the screen and just viewing on my 1920x1080 laptop the issue still exists!

If it wasn’t a laptop I use for work where it takes me a day or so to setup my development environment again I would try reinstalling fedora :stuck_out_tongue:.

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Sounds like it is not a problem with fonts (missing or wrong fonts), but with the font rendering of those affected apps.

I believe Spotify desktop app uses CEF (?), so if the affected browser is Chrome/Chromium-based, that’d be a clue.

  • How is Spotify installed?
  • Which browser has this problem? How is the browser installed?
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I use Chrome, which is installed by manually downloading the rpm of their website. Spotify is installed via flathub.

But you’re onto something! I don’t seem to have the issue in Firefox!

I feel stupid that I didn’t even think of testing in another browser… I also had the issue in Spotify so figured it would be a system-wide issue.

I’ll Google tonight when I have some time now I have more specific search terms to see if I can fix this issue.

Thank you both so far!

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Hi,

It’s been a while but it has been fixed!

What I’ve read somewhere that gave me a clue was someone that had similar issues and said it looked like hardware acceleration without the proper hardware.

This made me google “intel gpu fedora” which put me at Intel Graphics - Best practices and settings for hardware acceleration?.

I followed those instructions to correctly enable the intel GPU.

After a reboot, the issues were gone!

Thank you guys for the help!

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