Re: [gentoo-user] Some symbols render incomplete in text mode

[gevisz]

чт, 28 апр. 2022 г. в 21:20, gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com>:

> ср, 27 апр. 2022 г. в 13:55, Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de>:
> >
> > Am Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 11:57:49PM +0300 schrieb gevisz:
> >
> > > After a recent update of my Gentoo system, I have noticed that some
> > > symbols may be rendered incomplete in a text mode.
> >
> > What exactly do you mean with “text mode”?
>
> First of all, thank you for replying to my question.
>
> By "text mode" I mean that "it happened in Gvim, in a web-browser
> and in a dialog-window for saving files" but not in videos or pictures.
>
> > Which terminal are you using, and—most importantly—which font?
>
> I am using xfce-terminal, and it is using Monospace Regular font on 11 pt.
>
> In Gvim, I use the same Monospace Regular font on 10 pt.
>
> I do not know which font is in use by the window that helps me
> to save html files from the web-browser.
>
> I have noticed this problem with cyrillic symbols and dots.
>
> > > It happens in Gvim, in a web-browser and in a dialog-window for saving
> > > files. Maybe, also in xterm but I am not quite sure about it. So, it is
> > > not specific to any application.
> >
> > So not only in text mode (i.e. TTY or terminal)?
>
> No, as I already explained above, by "text mode" I mean that
> "it happened in Gvim, in a web-browser and in a dialog-window
> for saving files" but not in videos or pictures.
>
> > > For example, while saving a web-page from a google-chrome, I sometimes
> > > cannot see a dot before html. However, it is present there.
> >
> > See it where? A (small) screenshot may help.
>
> Unfortunately, I have not made a screenshot of this. So, I will try to
> explain:
> When I press Ctrl+s to save an html page from the google-chrome
> a dialog window is opened with the suggested name of the file that
> ends in "html." There is a dot before that "html" but sometimes it was
> not shown to me.
>

It probably should be added that instead of that dot I saw a white space.


> The same was with the top parts of some cyrillic letters
> (to the point that it was hard to read).
>
> > Perhaps it is an overwide character, but the program that displays the
> text
> > wants to adhere to a regular character width. I’ve had this issue in the
> > past with Konsole.
>
> I do not think that it was connected with overwide characters because
> the effect appeared not with them or beside them.
>
> This problem with dots and top parts of letters *faded*
> after I updated the freetype package this Sunday.
> However, I cannot say that it stopped immediately after this update.
> It indeed *faded* during a few rebooting after that.
>
> > > Some letters can be shown without their top parts. In youtube videos, I
> > > may see only the lower part of a gear that denotes some customization
> > > features and so on.
> >
> > Only the gear? Or also all the other symbols in the video player toolbar?
>
> No, not only the gear symbol but some other ones as well, but not all of
> them.
>
> > Again, a nicely cropped screenshot may shed some light so we can better
> > understand it.
>
> I was able to reproduce it just now and made a few screenshots.
> I will add "a nicely cropped" ones as attachments to this email.
>
> It as also interesting that the symbol in the youtube player toolbar
> that was shown only partially changes to the full one when I move
> a mouse pointer over it.
>
> > > However, I do not see any distortion in playing videos.
> >
> > Did you set up a strange or very unusual DPI value for your font
> rendering?
>
> No, I have not played with this. And moreover, with the same settings,
> it was completely ok for years.
>
>