Re: xterm can't load Inconsolata font with fontconfig-2.18.0-1

On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 9:40 PM Keith Thompson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 7:33 PM Keith Thompson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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.
> [...]
>
> I've reproduced the issue with fontconfig built from source on Ubuntu 24.04.4,
> so it's clearly an upstream issue. I've reported it here:
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/work_items/526

The fontconfig issue was closed as a duplicate  The other issue is
fixed in git.  Presumably the fix will be in the next release.

A simpler way to demonstrate the problem is to run
    fc-match Inconsolata
The bug causes it to match a different font, even if you have the
Inconsolata font installed.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/work_items/520

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