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Previous hack does not work in case there are same font subpaths in multiple font packages, which seem to be occurring more likely in NixOS 25.11. This solution instead partly replicates fontDir logic and creates flat dir with all fonts symlinked. related discussion happened here: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/25-11-upgrade-error-two-given-paths-contain-a-conflicting-subpath/72972/14 |
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dina-font | dina-font | ||
proggyfonts | proggyfonts | ||
];|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}}{{Note|Be aware that sometimes font names and packages name differ and there is no universal convention in NixOS. </br>See: [https://discourse.nixos.org/t/guidelines-on-packaging-fonts/7683/2 | ];|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}}{{Note|Be aware that sometimes font names and packages name differ and there is no universal convention in NixOS. </br>See: [https://discourse.nixos.org/t/guidelines-on-packaging-fonts/7683/2 Guidelines for font packaging]}} | ||
=== Shorthands for fonts === | === Shorthands for fonts === | ||
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{ | { | ||
fonts.packages = builtins.filter lib.attrsets.isDerivation (builtins.attrValues pkgs.nerd-fonts); | fonts.packages = builtins.filter lib.attrsets.isDerivation (builtins.attrValues pkgs.nerd-fonts); | ||
} | |||
# or if you already have fonts.packages set | |||
{ | |||
fonts.packages = [ | |||
# ... some fonts | |||
] | |||
++ builtins.filter lib.attrsets.isDerivation (builtins.attrValues pkgs.nerd-fonts); | |||
} | } | ||
</nowiki>|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}} | </nowiki>|name=/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|lang=nix}} | ||
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fc-list -v | grep -i source | fc-list -v | grep -i source | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
=== Install fonts in nix-shells === | |||
<code>fonts</code> is not available as set-valued option in <code>mkshell</code> (gives you an error because it tries to coerce an attribute set into a string). Instead, insert the following:<ref>https://programming.dev/post/32484220</ref> | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | |||
{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }: | |||
let | |||
fontsConf = pkgs.makeFontsConf { | |||
fontDirectories = [ | |||
# your needed fonts here, e.g.: | |||
pkgs.font-awesome | |||
pkgs.atkinson-hyperlegible-next | |||
]; | |||
}; | |||
in | |||
pkgs.mkShell { | |||
packages = with pkgs; [ | |||
# your font-dependent packages, e.g.: | |||
typst | |||
]; | |||
shellHook = '' | |||
export FONTCONFIG_FILE="${fontsConf}" | |||
''; | |||
} | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Then <code>typst fonts</code> finds the installed fonts in the nix-shell. | |||
== Configuring fonts == | == Configuring fonts == | ||
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enableDefaultPackages = true; | enableDefaultPackages = true; | ||
packages = with pkgs; [ | packages = with pkgs; [ | ||
ubuntu-classic | |||
liberation_ttf | liberation_ttf | ||
# Persian Font | # Persian Font | ||
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noto-fonts-cjk | noto-fonts-cjk | ||
]; | ]; | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight>Note that font cache inside flatpak container may not be recreated after changes to fonts in <code>/usr/share/fonts</code>, because font cache seem to be relying on file timestamps that are missing in <code>/nix/store</code>. | ||
You can make sure that font directory is bind-mounted properly inside flatpak container by running <code>flatpak enter <instance> findmnt | grep /run/host/fonts</code>, or by running <code>flatpak enter <instance> ls -alh /run/host/fonts</code> and compare it to <code>ls -alh /usr/share/fonts</code>. | |||
If everything is mounted properly, but you still do not see fonts in flatpak app - force font cache recreation inside flatpak container: <code>flatpak run --command=fc-cache <application id> -f -v</code> | |||
=== Noto Color Emoji doesn't render on Firefox === | === Noto Color Emoji doesn't render on Firefox === | ||