FS#77582 - [gnome-console] Font spacing is too wide

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Davide Ferracin (phx) - Monday, 20 February 2023, 14:22 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 01:34 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

The font spacing appears too wide in Arch's package of GNOME Console (version 43.0-1, x86_64 architecture). The characters are evidently more spaced than in every other app I use, such as GNOME Text Editor, Black Box, GNOME Builder's in-app terminal, even if they use the same font at the same dimension. The reduced spacing looks nicer so I believe the fault lies with Console.

In the "text-editor-vs-console.png" picture you can find a comparison between Text Editor (above) and Console (below), both coming from the Arch repos.

This happens regardless of the particular monospaced font, and specifically with the Arch package (gnome-console): I tried the Flatpak version of the app and its spacing is correct.
In the "flatpak-vs-arch.png" picture you can see the Flatpak version (above) against Arch's native package (below).
   flatpak-vs-arch.png (146.9 KiB)
   text-editor-vs-console.png (115.8 KiB)
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 01:34 GMT
Reason for closing:  Works for me
Additional comments about closing:  Looks fine here and no Arch packaging bug has been identified.
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Monday, 20 February 2023, 21:42 GMT
It looks fine here. This could easily be a font configuration issue. You haven't provided *any* details about your font setup. I haven't looked into how flatpak does fonts. Any insights to share?
Comment by Davide Ferracin (phx) - Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 00:40 GMT
I attached my /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file. Among the fonts I tried, there are JuliaMono and Source Code Pro, precisely

/usr/share/fonts/TTF/JuliaMono-Regular.ttf: JuliaMono:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-Regular.otf: Source Code Pro:style=Regular

Apart from changing the monospaced font in the system settings, I didn't do anything (as far as I remember) font-related. If there's anything else I can share, I'm happy to help, but frankly I don't know where else I can look.

AFAIK Flatpak apps don't (or can't?) see the system font configuration, and in fact flatpak gnome-console doesn't use the monospaced font I chose in the system settings. I don't know very much though, I have to look into it too.
   fonts.conf (2.6 KiB)

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