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Dejavu Sans Condensed not working correctly

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Dejavu Sans Condensed not working correctly

#1 Post by ljones0 »

Hello!

I am having a problem on my debian stretch install here. I'm running debian stretch kernel version 4.9.0.1-amd64. The version of kde is the latest one and I have already performed an apt-get update/upgrade/dist-upgrade. Though I am noticing a problem with one font in particular - namely "DejaVu Sans Condensed". It dosen't seem to want to show up correctly in KDE!

So far I've tried using this font on --

- An older install of stretch that was updated with apt-get.
- A fresh install of stretch.

I get exactly the same problem on both.

For example I can set kde to use in system settings/fonts, General, Small, Toolbar, Menu and Window title ----> DejaVu Sans Condensed

But yet although the system settings lets me change the font the rest of kde dosen't seem to want to oblige! Worse still if I try to use a program such as qt4-qtconfig, it gets the font even more wrong!

You can see an example screengrab here

In the screengrab;

- KDE's font system settings are set to dejavu sans condensed
- Dolphin (icecat directory) seems to be using some other font(!)
- The GIMP (gtk based) gets the font correct!
- Qt4-qtconfig seems to get it more wrong. It is saying I'm using "caladea bold" (?)

I've tried the dejavu condensed fonts on an older system updated via apt-get and on a fresh install. I've tried logging in/out, deleting all the config files for kde in $HOME on my system; I even tried an older version of dejavu but it does not work at all.

In the end I've ended up using what must be the predecessor to the dejavu fonts - toga. They aren't quite as 'clean' as dejavu, but they do at least work.

Anyone know what could be going on at all?

ljones

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