Re: Build from source, get terrible fonts

Luc <luc@sep.invalid> wrote:

On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 01:34:44 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:
 

Check ./configure --help.

 
The only relevant thing I can find is
 
--enable-xft   use freetype/fontconfig/xft (default: on)
 
But default is on. I recompiled with --enable-xft and the problem
persists.
 
 
 

Run an ldd on the wish which has "good fonts" and on the one that has
"bad fonts".  Compare what is linked.  I bet you find the "bad fonts"
wish does not link to libfreetype.

 
They have a lot in common. These are the lines that the "good" has and
the "bad" or "ugly" doesn't:
 
libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXft.so.2
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6
libXss.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXss.so.1
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1
libexpat.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1
libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16
 
and
 
libXft-dev => I installed it
libfontconfig-dev => I installed it
libfreetype-dev => already had it
libXss-dev => I installed it
libXext-dev => I installed it
libXrender-dev => I installed it
libexpat-dev => already had it
libpng16-dev => already had it
 
I recompiled. And the problem persists. And ldd tells me that the libraries
linked in the good one are still absent in my own build.
 
Now I have no idea what else I need to install to make fonts look good.

A few things you could check:

What does the configure output look like? Was it still unable to
find the missing libraries?

Just making sure: have you started the recompile in a clean source
tree? Safest way is to delete and unpack it again.

What do these "-dev"-packages contain? Shared objects? Header files?
Where are these installed in relation to the system development
files?