Bug#989834: konsole: Only possible to select the smallest available size for OpenType Bitmap fonts
Package: konsole
Version: 4:20.12.3-1
Severity: normal
Tags: a11y
X-Debbugs-Cc: tim@seoss.co.uk
When selecting a bitmap font via Konsole -> Settings -> Configure
Konsole -> Profiles -> Edit -> Appearance -> Font -> Choose, only the
smallest font size is displayed for OpenType bitmap fonts.
e.g. Install the fonts-terminus-otb package, and run the command:
fc-query /usr/share/fonts/opentype/terminus/terminus-normal.otb
The following is amongst the report:
pixelsize: 12(f)(s) 14(f)(s) 16(f)(s) 18(f)(s) 20(f)(s) 22(f)(s) 24(f)(s) 28(f)(s) 32(f)(s)
Terminus is selectable in the list of fonts via the Konsole profile
editor, but only the smallest pixelsize (12) is listed as a selectable
option.
Workaround:
Open the font file with fontforge, import only the desired size (e.g.
32), rename the font in Menu -> Element -> Font Info (e.g. "Terminus" to
"Terminus32", then export as an OpenType bitmap font (File -> Generate
Fonts -> "X11 bitmap only sftnt (otb)" -> Generate. Import the saved
font via KDE -> System Settings -> Font Management -> Install from File.
Restart Konsole. The desired size is now selectable via the Konsole
profile editor.
Thanks!
Tim.
p.s. I've tagged this as a11y because I use bitmap fonts AND high dpi
displays to avoid chronic eye strain (without which I am limited to
about 30 minutes max screen time per day). Whilst I can use vector
fonts (e.g. Hack), and also disable font smoothing in the Konsole
settings, the resulting fonts look quite ugly, and aren't as easy to
read. So, I think I consider this an a11y issue (albeit quite a niche
one). See also #989831.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.0
APT prefers testing-security
APT policy: (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-7-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_CRAP
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages konsole depends on:
ii kio 5.78.0-4
ii konsole-kpart 4:20.12.3-1
ii libc6 2.31-12
ii libkf5configcore5 5.78.0-4
ii libkf5configwidgets5 5.78.0-2
ii libkf5coreaddons5 5.78.0-4
ii libkf5crash5 5.78.0-3
ii libkf5dbusaddons5 5.78.0-2
ii libkf5globalaccel-bin 5.78.0-3
ii libkf5globalaccel5 5.78.0-3
ii libkf5i18n5 5.78.0-2
ii libkf5iconthemes5 5.78.0-2
ii libkf5kiowidgets5 5.78.0-4
ii libkf5notifyconfig5 5.78.0-2
ii libkf5widgetsaddons5 5.78.0-2
ii libkf5windowsystem5 5.78.0-2
ii libkf5xmlgui5 5.78.0-2
ii libqt5core5a 5.15.2+dfsg-7
ii libqt5gui5 5.15.2+dfsg-7
ii libqt5widgets5 5.15.2+dfsg-7
ii libstdc++6 10.2.1-6
konsole recommends no packages.
Versions of packages konsole suggests:
ii lrzsz 0.12.21-10+b1
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