I'm on Fedora rawhide and after a recent system update today, I'm no longer able to see "Fixed" as a font option in gnome-terminal. Having "Fixed" in my alacritty config doesn't work either. I used to have `ucs-miscfixed-opentype-fonts` installed earlier. I tried with ucs-miscfixed-fonts too, but didn't work either. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Be on an updated rawhide 2. Install ucs-miscfixed-fonts (or opentype-fonts) 3. Choose "Fixed" as the font type.
(I tried ucs-miscfixed-opentype-fonts on F42 gnome-terminal - wow is that ugly;) Maybe it looks better in alacritty)
(ptyxis doesn't recognize Fixed, though gnome-console does but doesn't seem to actually use it for me.) Actually I tested on Rawhide Live, but probably slightly older than what Lokesh has. Reproduced with fontconfig-2.17.0-1.fc43 I am afraid. You can try downgrading fontconfig and see if it makes a different, it worked for me there.
Well, because 2.17.0 enabled /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps-except-emoji.conf by default. I'll revert this change in rawhide since such drastic change shouldn't be happened without Change proposal.
BTW Fedora datacenter move is ongoing. The updated package can't be delivered soon. You can remove the above file manually for a workaround.
FEDORA-2025-d26a06f9ec (fontconfig-2.17.0-2.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-d26a06f9ec
FEDORA-2025-d26a06f9ec (fontconfig-2.17.0-2.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
(In reply to Jens Petersen from comment #1) > (I tried ucs-miscfixed-opentype-fonts on F42 gnome-terminal - wow is that > ugly;) The only beautiful terminal font on a 4k screen is Fixed size 9 :) I wish I could set it easily on Brave too. > Maybe it looks better in alacritty) It's the same beauty on both :)
(In reply to Lokesh Mandvekar from comment #7) > The only beautiful terminal font on a 4k screen is Fixed size 9 :) > I wish I could set it easily on Brave too. > > > Maybe it looks better in alacritty) > > It's the same beauty on both :) Genuinely curious/interested... At least to me using bitmap on a 4k seems naively counterintuitive (: Perhaps you could post a screenshot or something to explain more?