Re: [gentoo-user] Some fonts missing?

[Mark Knecht]

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 ~ #