From 5a613fb846ffd6ac7d38a095d42da9eb6040d267 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ethamck Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2024 11:06:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] config/graphical-session: hint to font installation for compositors Some Wayland compositors don't include fonts by default, so describe tersely how they should be installed --- src/config/graphical-session/fonts.md | 3 +++ src/config/graphical-session/wayland.md | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/config/graphical-session/fonts.md b/src/config/graphical-session/fonts.md index 7beba7162..07c354c70 100644 --- a/src/config/graphical-session/fonts.md +++ b/src/config/graphical-session/fonts.md @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ # Fonts +[xbps-query(1)](../../xbps/index.md#finding-files-and-packages) can be used to +list font-related packages. Many fonts are packaged with the `font-` prefix. + To customize font display in your graphical session, you can use configurations provided in `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/`. To do so, create a symlink to the relevant `.conf` file in `/etc/fonts/conf.d/`, then use diff --git a/src/config/graphical-session/wayland.md b/src/config/graphical-session/wayland.md index 03816c085..1efcadbbb 100644 --- a/src/config/graphical-session/wayland.md +++ b/src/config/graphical-session/wayland.md @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Void Linux currently packages the following Wayland compositors: - labwc: a window-stacking compositor, inspired by Openbox - Qtile: a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor (via qtile-wayland) +Some compositors don't depend on any [fonts](./fonts.md), so you have to install +them manually for most applications to work. + ### Video drivers Both GNOME and KDE Plasma have EGLStreams backends for Wayland, which means they