On Mon, Sep 02, 2024 at 09:00:04AM +0200, Hiltjo Posthuma wrote:
> 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
>
In fact, you could just specify fallback fonts in the font pattern string,
like so:
static char *font = "Input Mono, Sarasa Term J, Unifont:pixelsize=13";
You could also override it in your FontConfig font config, if you have
the patience to deal with the syntax...
<match><test name="prgname"><string>st</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="delete_all"/>
<edit name="family" mode="append"><string>Input
Sans</string></edit>
<edit name="family" mode="append"><string>Sarasa Term
J</string></edit>
<edit name="family"
mode="append"><string>Unifont</string></edit>
<edit name="pixelsize" mode="assign"><int>13</int></edit>
</match>
--
Storkman
