Font randomy breaks in Mate on Debian 10, 11
Posted: 2022-05-22 20:34
I'm running Mate 1.20.4 on a Debian 10 system (Linux 4.19.0-17-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.194-3 (2021-07-18) x86_64 GNU/Linux) and mostly everything is fine, but sometimes the font randomly breaks down where letters are replaced by colored boxes.
If I temporarily increase or decrease font size in Caja (Ctrl+scroll wheel) the fonts appear correct. But the standard sized font is still wrong. As you can see on the attached pictures, it also affects menus and taskbar.
It happens randomly and often intermittent (affects the web browser only, and cleared by closing the web browser) but sometimes it appears "system wide". I can't clear it by switching to a text mode console, or by changing resolution or other means of clearing the screen.
What is this? I'm running Debian 10, but I noticed it first when I was running Debian 11, but downgraded due to issues with Mate (viewtopic.php?f=6&t=150166&p=743945&hil ... or#p743945). My previous Debian 10 install didn't have this issue at all.
Edit: I don't know why the post added the pictures in a reversed and apparently unfixable order... But as you can see, red/violet squares everywhere. It almost looks like some censoring, but no, just bugs...
Edit2: The font is apparently called "Cantarell Regular" and if of size 11. I however suspect, that it would happen to whatever font was used, when it happens. I'm going to try to change font (not that I have any choice besides reboot).
If I temporarily increase or decrease font size in Caja (Ctrl+scroll wheel) the fonts appear correct. But the standard sized font is still wrong. As you can see on the attached pictures, it also affects menus and taskbar.
It happens randomly and often intermittent (affects the web browser only, and cleared by closing the web browser) but sometimes it appears "system wide". I can't clear it by switching to a text mode console, or by changing resolution or other means of clearing the screen.
What is this? I'm running Debian 10, but I noticed it first when I was running Debian 11, but downgraded due to issues with Mate (viewtopic.php?f=6&t=150166&p=743945&hil ... or#p743945). My previous Debian 10 install didn't have this issue at all.
Edit: I don't know why the post added the pictures in a reversed and apparently unfixable order... But as you can see, red/violet squares everywhere. It almost looks like some censoring, but no, just bugs...
Edit2: The font is apparently called "Cantarell Regular" and if of size 11. I however suspect, that it would happen to whatever font was used, when it happens. I'm going to try to change font (not that I have any choice besides reboot).