[arch-general] Missing fonts in KeePass

[Sadika Sumanapala]

> I wonder why keepassx uses it; is it used in your current theme?

I'm using KeePass not keepassx. When I set my region to Sinhala/Sri Lanka
KDE uses lklug font to show sinhala text.

> you had a bit of trouble with fonts in Qt apps, too, recently.
> Fortunately I was able to resolve those by changing the font settings.
> To be more specific: Some hinting settings broke the font by adding
> huge rendering artefacts. Maybe you are running into something
> similiar?

Yes, first I thought problem causing only on KeePass. But later I found out
that I happens in gtk applications (mysql-workbench) and also in Qt
applications (Okular - some pdf files does not render properly)

> If that is indeed the case, then please consider filing a bugreport at
> bugreports.qt-project.org, attaching the font (if legally possible
> that is) and the settings that break it.

Sorry, Still I don't know this is a bug or a problem in my system. How can
I determine this is a bug or a configuration problem in my system?

Thanks,
Sadika


On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Tobias Hunger <tobias.hunger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Sadika,
>
> you had a bit of trouble with fonts in Qt apps, too, recently.
> Fortunately I was able to resolve those by changing the font settings.
> To be more specific: Some hinting settings broke the font by adding
> huge rendering artefacts. Maybe you are running into something
> similiar?
>
> If that is indeed the case, then please consider filing a bugreport at
> bugreports.qt-project.org, attaching the font (if legally possible
> that is) and the settings that break it.
>
> Best Regards,
> Tobias
>
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Guus Snijders <gsnijders at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Op 19 jan. 2015 04:02 schreef "Sadika Sumanapala" <sadikahs at gmail.com>
> het
> > volgende:
> >>
> >> > There are a number of ways to go about this in your
> >> > ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf, I personally would choose to
> >> > blacklist that font since (based on what I can dig out of it) it
> >> > should never match a query for an application font -- I'll assume you
> >> > just use it manually where needed. I added a new section on the font
> >> > config page of the wiki for you, using your font as an example:
> >>
> >> No. I use it system wide so that I can view Sinhala text on UIs (KDE,
> etc)
> >> and on web pages. When I blacklist the font I cannot view Sinhala texts.
> > Is
> >> there any other way to solve this problem?
> >
> > I wonder why keepassx uses it; is it used in your current theme?
> >
> > Mvg, Guus
>