Bug 397896 - some UI fonts appear as unreadable symbols
Summary: some UI fonts appear as unreadable symbols
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kdenlive
Classification: Applications
Component: User Interface & Miscellaneous (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 18.04.2
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Mardelle
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2018-08-26 17:45 UTC by Adam Spiers
Modified: 2021-02-28 17:04 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Sentry Crash Report:
fritzibaby: corner_case+


Attachments
screenshot from 18.04.1 AppImage (105.39 KB, image/png)
2018-08-26 17:45 UTC, Adam Spiers
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screenshot from 18.04.2 rpm install (96.22 KB, image/png)
2018-08-26 17:45 UTC, Adam Spiers
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screenshot from 18.08-beta17 AppImage (129.80 KB, image/png)
2018-08-26 17:46 UTC, Adam Spiers
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Description Adam Spiers 2018-08-26 17:45:06 UTC
Created attachment 114617 [details]
screenshot from 18.04.1 AppImage

On openSUSE Leap 42.3, some UI fonts (e.g. times on the timeline, and text in popup dialog boxes) appear as unreadable symbols with all of:

- 18.04.2 rpms
- the official 18.04.1 AppImage
- the 18.08-beta17 AppImage

It's easier to explain with screenshots, so I'll just attach them.
Comment 1 Adam Spiers 2018-08-26 17:45:50 UTC
Created attachment 114618 [details]
screenshot from 18.04.2 rpm install
Comment 2 Adam Spiers 2018-08-26 17:46:28 UTC
Created attachment 114619 [details]
screenshot from 18.08-beta17 AppImage
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2018-08-27 00:49:21 UTC
What desktop environment is that? It looks like the Qt platform plugin it provides returns incorrect font information.
Comment 4 Adam Spiers 2018-08-27 09:12:54 UTC
It's XFCE with the OpenBox window manager.
Comment 5 Adam Spiers 2018-11-03 22:39:49 UTC
Any suggestions of avenues for debugging I could explore?
Comment 6 emohr 2018-11-04 09:23:16 UTC
Just found this Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1LizftoF0w. Unfortunately its I german.
Comment 7 Adam Spiers 2018-11-04 10:09:25 UTC
I don't think that video helps, unfortunately. It's just a walk-through of the installation process on Manjaro, and doesn't exhibit the same bug.  Thanks for the suggestion though.

If anyone knows how the fonts are chosen for the times on the timeline and text in popup dialogs, and which theming and font systems are involved in that choice, that would probably be helpful information.  For example, why are only those fonts affected, and not the rest of the application?
Comment 8 emohr 2021-02-28 17:04:57 UTC
This issue should not happen anymore with the current version.

Feel free to reopen this bug or create a new report if this is still happening with the latest version (https://kdenlive.org/en/download/)