[Bug 130687] Re: fontconfig alias for ZapfDingbats font

[Ryan Tandy]

This is fixed upstream in fontconfig 2.9.0, so Fix Released in Quantal
and later.

Precise is still affected. The workaround is to install the package
"cups-filters", which contains a fontconfig file with an appropriate
alias.

** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #590487
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=590487

** Also affects: debian via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=590487
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #19128
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19128

** Also affects: fontconfig via
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19128
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  fontconfig alias for ZapfDingbats font

Status in Fontconfig - Font Configuration Library:
  Unknown
Status in “fontconfig” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in Debian GNU/Linux:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: fontconfig-config

  fontconfig returns the wrong font for ZapfDingbats.

  $ fc-match ZapfDingbats
  DejaVuSans.ttf: "DejaVu Sans" "Book"

  however it works when looking for Dingbats instead

  $ fc-match Dingbats
  d050000l.pfb: "Dingbats" "Regular"

  Actually I'm not sure whether it should be fixed in every distro or in
  fontconfig. I already commented it to upstreamer without response:

  https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6478#c12

  poppler and consequently evince are affected by this issue, since this
  font is used in pdf files that contains interactive forms.

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