Since I upgraded the fontconfig packages from 2.17.1-1 to 2.18.0-1, xterm can't load the "Inconsolata" font. It falls back to "DejaVuSansMono". Reverting the fontconfig* packages to 2.17.1-1 fixes the problem. Several other mono fonts are also affected.
Invoking xterm with XFT_DEBUG=3 causes it to show which fonts are loaded, printed to stdout. With fontconfig* version 2.17.1-1 (which works): $ grep fontconfig /etc/setup/installed.db fontconfig fontconfig-2.17.1-1.tar.bz2 1 libfontconfig-common libfontconfig-common-2.17.1-1.tar.bz2 1 libfontconfig-devel libfontconfig-devel-2.17.1-1.tar.bz2 1 libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-2.17.1-1.tar.bz2 1 $ fc-list --version fontconfig version 2.17.1 $ XFT_DEBUG=3 /usr/bin/xterm -fa Inconsolata -e sleep 1 XFT_DEBUG=3 XftFontInfoFill: /usr/share/fonts/inconsolata/Inconsolata.ttf: 0 (20.0526 pixels) XftFontInfoFill: /usr/share/fonts/inconsolata/Inconsolata.ttf: 0 (20.0526 pixels) XftFontInfoFill: /usr/share/fonts/inconsolata/Inconsolata.ttf: 0 (20.0526 pixels) XftFontInfoFill: /usr/share/fonts/inconsolata/Inconsolata.ttf: 0 (20.0526 pixels) $ยท With fontconfig* version 2.18.0-1 (which fails): $ grep fontconfig /etc/setup/installed.db fontconfig fontconfig-2.18.0-1.tar.bz2 1 libfontconfig-common libfontconfig-common-2.18.0-1.tar.bz2 1 libfontconfig-devel libfontconfig-devel-2.18.0-1.tar.bz2 1 libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-2.18.0-1.tar.bz2 1 $ fc-list --version fontconfig version 2.18.0 $ XFT_DEBUG=3 /usr/bin/xterm -fa Inconsolata -e sleep 1 XFT_DEBUG=3 XftFontInfoFill: /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf: 0 (20.0526 pixels) XftFontInfoFill: /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf: 0 (20.0526 pixels) XftFontInfoFill: /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf: 0 (20.0526 pixels) XftFontInfoFill: /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf: 0 (20.0526 pixels) $ -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
