Bug 2098473 - Roboto Mono font not selectable in GNOME Terminal, needs update
Summary: Roboto Mono font not selectable in GNOME Terminal, needs update
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: google-roboto-mono-fonts
Version: 36
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Link Dupont
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-06-19 20:44 UTC by Pavel Roskin
Modified: 2022-06-21 02:44 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: google-roboto-mono-fonts-3.000-0.1.20220620git.fc37
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Last Closed: 2022-06-21 02:34:04 UTC
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Description Pavel Roskin 2022-06-19 20:44:04 UTC
Description of problem:

Fedora ships an old version of Google Roboto Mono fonts. There are not marked as monospaced. As a result, Roboto Mono cannot be selected in GNOME Terminal.

In contrast, manually downloaded Roboto Mono fonts are selectable in GNOME Terminal.

On top of that, it's recommended to use variable (weight) fonts. Fedora ships fonts with fixed weight.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

google-roboto-mono-fonts-2.002-0.5.20200129git.fc36.noarch

How reproducible:

Always (make sure to close and open GNOME Terminal when fonts are installed/uninstalled)

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install google-roboto-mono-fonts
2. Reboot
3. Log in
4. Open GNOME Terminal
5. ≡ -> Preferences -> Unnamed -> Text -> Custom Font

Actual results:

Roboto Mono is not in the list

Expected results:

Roboto Mono is in the list

Additional info:

The latest files can be found in https://github.com/googlefonts/RobotoMono
Note that there are fonts/ttf and fonts/variable

Exactly the same files (variable fonts only) can be found in the Google fonts snapshot at https://github.com/google/fonts/archive/main.zip

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2022-06-21 02:31:07 UTC
FEDORA-2022-9ae1ff5147 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 37. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-9ae1ff5147

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2022-06-21 02:34:04 UTC
FEDORA-2022-9ae1ff5147 has been pushed to the Fedora 37 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 3 Link Dupont 2022-06-21 02:43:49 UTC
Also backported to Fedora 36: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-1410dbec02


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