Package: ttf-bitstream-vera Version: 1.10-8 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation? After installing ttf-bitstream-vera on a fresh stretch system, running `mkfontdir` in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ and then subsequently restarting the x-server, running `xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/truetype/` and `fc-cache -f` the bitstream vera fonts are still not available in non-xft aware applications. `xlsfonts` lists various bitstream fonts (bitstream-bitstream charter, bitstream-charter, bitstream-courier, bitstream-terminal) but `xlsfonts | grep vera` returns nothing. On the other hand, running `xset q` shows that /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ is in the font path, `fc-list` lists all the ttf files from the package, and the vera fonts can be use without problems in xft-aware applications: $ fc-list : file | grep bitstream /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraSeBd.ttf: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraMoBI.ttf: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraMoBd.ttf: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraMono.ttf: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraMoIt.ttf: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/Vera.ttf: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraBI.ttf: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraSe.ttf: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraBd.ttf: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/VeraIt.ttf: As I am not sure whether X parses sub-folders in the folders in the font path, I then also ran `mkfontdir` in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/ and added it directly via `xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera/`. The fonts however still do not show up in `xlsfonts` and can not be used in xft-unaware applications. * What outcome did you expect instead? On my old stable system `xlsfonts` lists many of the vera fonts after installing ttf-bitstream-vera (output shortened) $ xlsfonts -fn "*-bitstream-*" -bitstream-bitstream vera sans mono-bold-o-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-ascii-0 ... -bitstream-bitstream vera sans mono-medium-o-normal--0-0-0-0-m-0-ascii-0 ... -bitstream-bitstream vera sans-bold-o-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-ascii-0 ... -bitstream-bitstream vera sans-medium-o-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-ascii-0 ... -bitstream-bitstream vera serif-bold-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-ascii-0 ... -bitstream-bitstream vera serif-medium-r-normal--0-0-0-0-p-0-ascii-0 and they can all be used without problems in non-xft aware applications with a font specification like for example "-bitstream-bitstream vera sans-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*". Please pardon me if I am just doing something wrong, but for me this looks like a regression. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) -- no debconf information
