Seth--thanks for the helpful details. I appreciate the suggestions, but none quite fit my use case. It's really 2 users wanting to share the fonts--one owns them and the other has a symlink. If I put them in /usr/local/share/fonts/ then they don't get backed up and can't be modified. I think the simplest option for me is to use the extra 74 MB and make a copy for each user.
I understand the execution privileges issue if the font files are owned by another user, so you've convinced me that this is a valid security precaution. Do you agree, however, that it would be helpful to display a message for the user rather than empty space in their PDF? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448778 Title: Evince fails to display some fonts (some font thing failed) Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Dear experts, Since the upgrade to Ubuntu 15.04, evince fails to display some fonts of most of my latex pdfs. I attached an example of the pdf rendered by evince, and a screenshot of what it's supposed to look like. The console is spammed with errors: 'some font thing failed' The pdf display correctly with xpdf and okular. Thanks Description: Ubuntu 15.04 Release: 15.04 evince: Installed: 3.14.2-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 3.14.2-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 3.14.2-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://ftp.belnet.be/ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: evince 3.14.2-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Apr 26 23:15:02 2015 SourcePackage: evince UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1448778/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
