Bug 499788 - Bold text isn't bold when a 'light' 'font style' is selected as the main font
Summary: Bold text isn't bold when a 'light' 'font style' is selected as the main font
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: konsole
Classification: Applications
Component: font (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 24.08.3
Platform: NixOS Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Konsole Developer
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Reported: 2025-02-11 01:00 UTC by Adam Beer
Modified: 2025-02-11 01:00 UTC (History)
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Description Adam Beer 2025-02-11 01:00:16 UTC
SUMMARY
A font I want to use has four weights: Light, Regular, Medium, and Bold. I want normal text to be rendered as, "Light," and bold/intense text to be rendered as, "Bold." But if I tell Konsole to use, "Light," then ALL text is rendered as, "Light."

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Download Monaspice.tar.xz from https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/tag/v3.3.0.
2. From that archive, install the "MonaspiceNeNerdFont-*.otf" font files.
3. Open Konsole, using a profile that you can edit.
4. Run: bash -c 'echo -e "normal \u1b[1mbold"'
5. Open the, "Edit Current Profile," window, and move it so it's not covering the, "normal bold," text that you just printed.
6. Go to the, "Appearance," page. Make sure that, "Draw intense colors in bold font," is enabled.
7. Click the, "Choose..." button to open the window to choose your font.
8. Choose, "MonaspiceNe Nerd Font."
9. Under, "Font Style," switch between, "Regular," "Medium," "Bold," and, "Light," observing how the, "normal bold," text appears for each.

EXPECTED RESULT
The word, "normal," should be printed in whatever style I've selected, and the word, "bold," should be printed in the, "Bold," style.

OBSERVED RESULT
When I select, "Regular," "Medium," or, "Bold," the observed result is the expected result. But when I select, "Light," the words, "normal," and, "bold," are both printed in the, "Light," style.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: NixOS 24.11, kernel 6.12.12.
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.8.0
Qt Version: 6.8.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Wayland session, proprietary Nvidia driver 565.77
Kate (same version as Konsole) does not have this bug.