Re: [gentoo-user] Some fonts missing?

[Nilesh Govindrajan]

On Wednesday 02 January 2013 08:15:45 PM IST, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:26 AM, Nilesh Govindrajan <me@××××××××.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am not able to see the characters in certain emoji like flip table,
>> etc. It used to be visible earlier before I did a completely fresh install.
>>
>> Does anyone know which font to install?
>>
>> These are the fonts presently installed on my machine -
>>
>> media-fonts/corefonts
>> media-fonts/freefont-ttf
>> media-fonts/liberation-fonts
>> media-fonts/lohit-fonts
>> media-fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera
>> media-fonts/ubuntu-font-family
>>
>> --
>> Nilesh Govindarajan
>> http://nileshgr.com
>>
>
> OK, I don't have a clue what a "certain emjoi like flip table" is, but
> take a look at the Gentoo Wiki for configuring fonts and then use
> eselect fontconfig. Not sure if it will help with whatever this thing
> is you want to see but this has worked pretty well in normal usage for
> me.
>
> HTH,
> Mark
>
> c2stable ~ # eselect fontconfig list
> Available fontconfig .conf files (* is enabled):
>   [1]   10-autohint.conf *
>   [2]   10-no-sub-pixel.conf
>   [3]   10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf
>   [4]   10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf *
>   [5]   10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf
>   [6]   10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf
>   [7]   10-unhinted.conf
>   [8]   20-fix-globaladvance.conf *
>   [9]   20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf *
>   [10]  20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf *
>   [11]  20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf *
>   [12]  20-unhint-small-vera.conf *
>   [13]  25-ttf-arphic-ukai-render.conf *
>   [14]  25-ttf-arphic-uming-bitmaps.conf *
>   [15]  25-ttf-arphic-uming-render.conf *
>   [16]  25-unhint-nonlatin.conf *
>   [17]  30-metric-aliases.conf *
>   [18]  30-urw-aliases.conf *
>   [19]  35-ttf-arphic-ukai-aliases.conf *
>   [20]  35-ttf-arphic-uming-aliases.conf *
>   [21]  40-nonlatin.conf *
>   [22]  41-ttf-arphic-ukai.conf *
>   [23]  41-ttf-arphic-uming.conf *
>   [24]  44-wqy-zenhei.conf *
>   [25]  45-latin.conf *
>   [26]  49-sansserif.conf *
>   [27]  50-user.conf *
>   [28]  51-local.conf *
>   [29]  57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf *
>   [30]  57-dejavu-sans.conf *
>   [31]  57-dejavu-serif.conf *
>   [32]  59-google-droid-sans-mono.conf
>   [33]  59-google-droid-sans.conf
>   [34]  59-google-droid-serif.conf
>   [35]  60-latin.conf *
>   [36]  60-liberation.conf *
>   [37]  64-ttf-arphic-uming.conf *
>   [38]  65-fonts-persian.conf *
>   [39]  65-khmer.conf *
>   [40]  65-nonlatin.conf *
>   [41]  66-ja-ipafonts.conf *
>   [42]  66-takao-fonts.conf
>   [43]  66-wqy-zenhei-sharp-no13px.conf *
>   [44]  66-wqy-zenhei-sharp.conf *
>   [45]  69-unifont.conf *
>   [46]  70-no-bitmaps.conf *
>   [47]  70-yes-bitmaps.conf *
>   [48]  75-ttf-arphic-ukai-select.conf *
>   [49]  80-delicious.conf *
>   [50]  90-synthetic.conf *
>   [51]  90-ttf-arphic-ukai-embolden.conf *
>   [52]  90-ttf-arphic-uming-embolden.conf *
> c2stable ~ #
>
> c2stable ~ # eix -Ic font
> [I] app-admin/eselect-fontconfig (1.1{tbz2}@02/25/2012): An eselect
> module to manage /etc/fonts/conf.d symlinks.
> [I] media-fonts/arphicfonts (0.2.20080216.1{tbz2}@06/07/2012): Chinese
> TrueType Arphic Fonts
> [I] media-fonts/corefonts (1-r4{tbz2}@02/25/2012): Microsoft's
> TrueType core fonts
> [I] media-fonts/font-alias (1.0.3{tbz2}@02/25/2012): X.Org font aliases
> [I] media-fonts/font-bitstream-100dpi (1.0.3{tbz2}@02/25/2012): X.Org
> Bitstream bitmap fonts
> [I] media-fonts/font-bitstream-75dpi (1.0.3{tbz2}@02/25/2012): X.Org
> Bitstream bitmap fonts
> [I] media-fonts/font-bitstream-speedo (1.0.2{tbz2}@02/25/2012):
> Bitstream Speedo fonts
> [I] media-fonts/font-bitstream-type1 (1.0.3{tbz2}@02/25/2012): X.Org
> Bitstream Type 1 fonts
> [I] media-fonts/font-schumacher-misc (1.1.2{tbz2}@02/25/2012): X.Org
> Schumacher fonts
> [I] media-fonts/font-util (1.3.0{tbz2}@06/24/2012): X.Org font utilities
> [I] media-fonts/freefont-ttf (20090104{tbz2}@02/25/2012): TrueType
> Unicode fonts from the Free UCS Outline Fonts Project
> [I] media-fonts/freefonts (0.10-r3{tbz2}@02/25/2012): A Collection of
> Free Type1 Fonts
> [I] media-fonts/ipamonafont (1.0.8{tbz2}@06/07/2012): Hacked version
> of IPA fonts, which is suitable for browsing 2ch
> [I] media-fonts/ja-ipafonts (003.02-r1{tbz2}@06/07/2012): Japanese
> TrueType fonts developed by IPA (Information-technology Promotion
> Agency, Japan)
> [I] media-fonts/liberation-fonts (2.00.0-r1{tbz2}@08/25/2012): A
> Helvetica/Times/Courier replacement TrueType font set, courtesy of Red
> Hat
> [I] media-fonts/takao-fonts (003.02.01{tbz2}@09/09/2012): A community
> developed derivatives of IPA Fonts
> [I] media-fonts/urw-fonts (2.4.9{tbz2}@02/25/2012): free good quality
> fonts gpl'd by URW++
> [I] media-libs/fontconfig (2.8.0-r1(1.0){tbz2}@02/25/2012): A library
> for configuring and customizing font access
> [I] virtual/ttf-fonts (1{tbz2}@02/25/2012): Virtual for
> Serif/Sans/Monospace font packages
> [I] x11-apps/mkfontdir (1.0.7{tbz2}@06/24/2012): create an index of X
> font files in a directory
> [I] x11-apps/mkfontscale (1.1.0{tbz2}@06/24/2012): create an index of
> scalable font files for X
> [I] x11-libs/libXfont (1.4.5-r1{tbz2}@11/17/2012): X.Org Xfont library
> [I] x11-libs/libfontenc (1.1.1{tbz2}@06/24/2012): X.Org fontenc library
> [I] x11-proto/fontsproto (2.1.2{tbz2}@06/24/2012): X.Org Fonts protocol headers
> [I] x11-proto/xf86bigfontproto (1.2.0{tbz2}@02/25/2012): X.Org
> XF86BigFont protocol headers
> Found 25 matches.
> c2stable ~ #
>

Turns out that it's a character in CJK. 
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=126012
Installed bitstream-cyberbit.

--
Nilesh Govindarajan
http://nileshgr.com