Hi,

Is there a way to reinstall fonts without affecting the rest of KDE? I understand that KDE has little or nothing to do with systemwide fonts settings. I just know for certain that I messed up my fonts using KDE System Settings -> Fonts. On the other hand, neither /.kde4 nor ~/.kde4 contains any font-related config (?). Nevertheless, my root and user font settings are different and not quite manageable, especially root.

Any link or suggestion about KDE font configuration/reinstallation is welcome.

Font configuration is usually stored in ~/.fonts.conf, with any added fonts being placed in ~/.fonts/
A cache of font information is stored in ~/.fontconfig/, which you should try removing first.

I just killed everything in question. Nevertheless, after relogin the system remains totally unimpressed. There has to be something else.

If you create a new user does it work there?

bcooksley wrote:If you create a new user does it work there?

In a new user it looks a bitt different, but still not right. It's been expected, because in all probability my problem is with some systemwide settings. My fonts look especially wrong when in root mode.

Ok, it is probable that /etc/fonts.conf or a similar file has been modified. I would suggest asking your distributor how to regenerate a default version of this configuration file.

$ sudo pacman -S fontconfig

is the Arch way . Unfortunately, makes no difference.

Are there any KDE (or Qt) specific configs?

KDE/Qt do not store system wide configurations usually as far as I am aware. After repairing fontconfig, does it still occur under a new user?

bcooksley wrote:If you create a new user does it work there?

No, nothing changes no matter what I do.
I delete everything in /etc/fonts along with /var/cache/fontconfig, regenerate it back with

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$ sudo pacman -S fontconfig

to no effect.

I use Liberation Sans set explicitly in KDE System Settings->Application Appearance->Fonts for most everything, and it remembers. Where?

Those settings are per user, and stored in ~/.fonts.conf

bcooksley wrote:Those settings are per user, and stored in ~/.fonts.conf

Once more carefully deleted /etc/fonts and /var/cache/fontconfig, then ~/.fonts.conf

pacman -S fontconfig

Reboot.

Everything is back in place. That is, nothing changed. Besides, ~/.fonts.conf does not mention Liberation Sans or any other font.

Unfortunately I don't know what your problem is. Perhaps it could be a lack of fonts, you may need to install extra packages.

bcooksley wrote:Unfortunately I don't know what your problem is. Perhaps it could be a lack of fonts, you may need to install extra packages.

Unfortunately, I'm at sea too. All I know that I have broken something playing with KDE System Settings->Application Appearance->Fonts. I turned off antialiasing; it turned on again on its own, but something cracked. I never deleted any fonts.

The only clue left is that I can't kill or in any way damage my current font settings. That is, there are some configs not yet purged.

I managed it at last by killing /usr/share/fonts . Installed a bare minimum (terminus-font, ttf-droid, ttf-liberation). It isn't perfect, but much better, no rendering artifacts with Firefox.

BTW, what are "default" KDE fonts? Serif, Sans Serif, Monospace? Where are they configured? Or is it just "General" font?