On Sun, Sep 01, 2024 at 05:48:06PM -0700, Eric Pruitt wrote: > On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 01:12:20PM +0200, Robert Bilski wrote: > > > + /* CJK Fonts */ > > > + "VL Gothic:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true", > > > + "WenQuanYi Micro Hei:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true", > > > > Should these be included? Other tools (dwm, dmenu) include a single, default > > entry in the array. These two might not even be installed. > > I don't care if the maintainers choose to remove the additional fonts, > but I would note the existing default of Liberation Mono might not be > installed, either. Even if a font isn't installed, it doesn't matter. > Unmodified st still works if you specify a font that does not exist, and > the same applies with my patch applied: > > st$ vim config.def.h > st$ git diff > diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h > index 2cd740a..f8cd502 100644 > --- a/config.def.h > +++ b/config.def.h > @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ > * > * font: see > http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html > */ > -static char *font = "Liberation > Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true"; > +static char *font = "DOES NOT > EXIST:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true"; > static int borderpx = 2; > > /* > st$ make > cp config.def.h config.h > c99 -I/usr/X11R6/include `pkg-config --cflags fontconfig` `pkg-config > --cflags freetype2` -DVERSION=\"0.9.2\" -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -O1 -c st.c > c99 -I/usr/X11R6/include `pkg-config --cflags fontconfig` `pkg-config > --cflags freetype2` -DVERSION=\"0.9.2\" -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -O1 -c x.c > c99 -o st st.o x.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lm -lrt -lX11 -lutil -lXft > `pkg-config --libs fontconfig` `pkg-config --libs freetype2` > st$ ./st -e true > st$ echo $? > 0 > > Eric >
But in most cases/distros with "Liberation Mono" it will use a monospace font. Also fontconfig allows to map the name (or other conditions) to an other font. -- Kind regards, Hiltjo
