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commit a2e56cfaa1bc6d8732dc25e22c3f12dfcd8c0e9b
Author: Liam Hupfer <l...@hpfr.net>
AuthorDate: Tue Aug 12 21:44:04 2025 -0500
gnu: Add font-last-resort.
* gnu/packages/fonts.scm (font-last-resort): New variable.
Change-Id: Icf3c973b62f598df2110a78c8e244318e5c08f67
Signed-off-by: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prik...@gmail.com>
---
gnu/packages/fonts.scm | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/fonts.scm b/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
index df0a9606b8..bd23cbe302 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2023 Santiago Payà Miralta <santiago...@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2025 Kurome <hunt31...@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2025 Gabriel Santos <gabrielsantosdeso...@disroot.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2025 Liam Hupfer <l...@hpfr.net>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -1342,6 +1343,31 @@ utilities to ease adding new glyphs to the font.")
(properties '((upstream-name . "unifont")))
(license license:gpl2+)))
+(define-public font-last-resort
+ (package
+ (name "font-last-resort")
+ (version "16.000")
+ (source
+ (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ ;; PGTK Emacs does not seem to render the high-efficiency TTF. Prefer
+ ;; the larger but more compatible standard TTF.
+ (uri (string-append "https://github.com/unicode-org/last-resort-font";
+ "/releases/download/" version
+ "/LastResort-Regular.ttf"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32 "0rlisa9hzm7kfy3b8w2460mkiwrh2hlyp223bafkqzpkxkfsbcpp"))))
+ (build-system font-build-system)
+ (home-page "https://github.com/unicode-org/last-resort-font";)
+ (synopsis "Fallback font for Unicode code points")
+ (description
+ "Last Resort is a special-purpose font intended as a user-friendly
+alternative to tofu symbols. It includes glyphs designed to allow users to
+recognize which Unicode block a character belongs to so they can identify what
+type of font to install to properly display text. Undefined code points and
+noncharacters are also represented.")
+ (license license:silofl1.1)))
+
(define-public font-google-noto
(package
(name "font-google-noto")
