Error usable ISO8859 font
imamdigmi opened this issue ยท 12 comments
Hi! this is great bitmap font, and I would like to install it on my computer (Arch Linux), I follow your installation instruction but I got this error :
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
Error: Aborting: no font found
so, what should I do to solve it? thanks!
Hi there ! Few queries:
- When and where are you getting this error ?
- Where have you installed siji ?
- Can you please run the command
xset q | curl -sLT- p.iotek.orgin a terminal, post the link here ?
Hi @stark sorry for late response
- When I run
./view.shafter install frominstall.sh - I install siji from this repo and build from source
โ ./install.sh
[OK] Found directory: /home/idiot/.fonts
[OK] Compiling siji.bdf
[OK] Updating font cache... Please Wait
[OK] Finished. Your font cache has been updated
Successfully installed siji.pcf -> /home/idiot/.fonts
Add the following snippet in your /home/idiot/.xinitrc:
xset +fp /home/idiot/.fonts
xset fp rehash
If it already exists then you can skip this step.
- Sure this is the link https://p.iotek.org/fa7
Thankyou!
I get the same error.
I can also run the cURL command, I get https://p.iotek.org/c8f
I installed the font through AUR on arch linux, using yaourt as my AUR helper.
Actually, the font is installed properly, but sometimes I wanna show the glyps on terminal.
@AhmedAA you can run this command to ensure that font is installed succesfull :
fc-list | grep Wuncon
If an output like this :
/home/<username>/.fonts/siji.pcf: Wuncon Siji:style=Regular
the font is has been installed successfull, and you can use it with mention Wuncon Siji in your config.
@imamdigmi
thanks :)
i know i have it, and i know it is correctly installed.
i dont know what the unicode shortcode is for different symbols. thats my issue :)
i cant seem to find a list anywhere either.
@imamdigmi I had the same problem.
Seems like using "Wuncon Siji" instead of siji is the solution.
$ fc-match siji
Vera.ttf: "Bitstream Vera Sans" "Roman"
$ fc-match "Wuncon Siji"
siji.pcf: "Wuncon Siji" "Regular"
BUT, in the default example config, the font is set as siji
font-2 = siji:pixelsize=12;1
I get warnings and see no icons.
If I replace siji with "Wuncon Siji" in that line, I still see the warnings
warn: Dropping unmatched character ๎ฏ (U+e26f)
warn: Dropping unmatched character ๎จ (U+e028)
warn: Dropping unmatched character ๎ฆ (U+e026)
warn: Dropping unmatched character ๎ (U+e19c)
warn: Dropping unmatched character ๎ (U+e016)
warn: Dropping unmatched character ๎ (U+e10c)
warn: Dropping unmatched character ๎ฏ (U+e26f)
warn: Dropping unmatched character ๎จ (U+e028)
warn: Dropping unmatched character ๎ฆ (U+e026)
warn: Dropping unmatched character ๎ (U+e19c)
...
and none of the icons are loaded in the bar.
What am I doing wrong?
Oh, found it.
I had to lose the quotes.
So the correct line is
font-2 = Wincon Siji:pixelsize=12;1
a nice one-liner to find it :
fc-list : family | grep -i siji | tail -1
Why was this closed? the original issue was never reported as fixed.
I am having the same results when running view.sh
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
Error: Aborting: no font found
the font is installed properly, but I can't run that script and I can't find a list of glyphs anywhere.
I'm having the issue as well. polybar is able to use the font just fine, and fc-match can also find it, but view.sh returns the same error
For now, I'm using gucharmap and the glyphs are located under the unicode block called "Private Use Area"
I have encountered this issue as well and have been working on it for days. Using gucharmap didn't work for me either for some reason. Has really nobody found a final solution for this problem?
Installing xorg-fonts-misc with a reboot after fixed this error in another application for me, I suspect it's likely the same issue.
for me too.. polybar works fine with siji.. but i am unable to run view.sh script.. i didnt try gucharmap yet.. is there any solution for getting the glyphs list?