On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 06:24:13PM +0200, Quentin Rameau wrote: > > Hello, > > Hello Hadrien, > > > I'm trying view Japanese text but I don't manage to. Here's what I do > > with urxvt (it works): > > $ urxvt -fn "xft:xos4 Terminus:size=12,xft:Misc Fixed:size=11" > > > > with st (it doesn't; I get blank spaces or squares): > > $ st -f "xos4 Terminus:size=12,Misc Fixed Wide:size=11" > > > > Am I doing something wrong? > > As you can read in config.h, the string is called “font”, not “fonts”. > And so, st doesn't work with fallback fonts, this is something > fontconfig should do for you, there is the configuration to make. > > Until further progress on replacing this bloated font management. > > — Quentin >
I see, thanks. Don't know why I thought it was like this. Well, I'll try it but fontconfig is indeed a big pain in the ass (editing XML is never fun).
