On Wednesday 02 January 2013 08:15:45 PM IST, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:26 AM, Nilesh Govindrajan <m...@nileshgr.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 ~ # >
Turns out that it's a character in CJK. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=126012 Installed bitstream-cyberbit. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com
