[Bug 1560114] [NEW] Bitmap fonts are disabled by default

[Björn Lindqvist]

Public bug reported:

By default, fontconfig-config installs a file called
"/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf". It disables bitmap fonts. What
good for, I don't know. Though if you later install a bitmap font "apt-
get install xfonts-terminus" then that font wont show up in menus. That
is not what you expect. The workaround is:

sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf
sudo ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf

But you shouldn't need that and bitmap founds shouldn't be disabled.

The bug is present in Ubuntu wily, 15.10.

** Affects: fontconfig (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  By default, fontconfig-config installs a file called
  "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf". It disables bitmap fonts. What
  good for, I don't know. Though if you later install a bitmap font "apt-
  get install xfonts-terminus" then that font wont show up in menus. That
  is not what you expect. The workaround is:
  
  sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf
  sudo ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf
  
  But you shouldn't need that and bitmap founds shouldn't be disabled.
+ 
+ The bug is present in Ubuntu wily, 15.10.

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Title:
  Bitmap fonts are disabled by default

Status in fontconfig package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  By default, fontconfig-config installs a file called
  "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf". It disables bitmap fonts. What
  good for, I don't know. Though if you later install a bitmap font
  "apt-get install xfonts-terminus" then that font wont show up in
  menus. That is not what you expect. The workaround is:

  sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf
  sudo ln -s /etc/fonts/conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-yes-bitmaps.conf

  But you shouldn't need that and bitmap founds shouldn't be disabled.

  The bug is present in Ubuntu wily, 15.10.

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