Re: [Gimp-user] Characters became tofu after deleting fonts on Ubuntu

[dqwyy <me dqwyy moe>]

---- On Sat, 06 Oct 2018 02:24:14 +0800 Ken Moffat via gimp-user-list <gimp-user-list gnome org> wrote ---- 
> 3. But in a default western layout, the fallback fonts are the DejaVu variants. In gnome applications, I 
> needed to add DejaVu fonts several years ago because of odd tofu - the reason was whitespace varieties 
> (non-breaking spaces and similar) and DejaVu provided these. The missing text uses a Sans font, at a small 
> size.
> So, I suggest that you try adding the DejaVu Sans font.

Thanks for your reply. The problem was solved before I tried to reinstall DejaVu fonts. In fact, I installed 
Gimp from Ubuntu Software at the first time and then met the problem. Then I tried to install it by `sudo apt 
install gimp` and got Gimp 2.8, an old version. The characters could be displayed well on this version but I 
still wanted to use the latest version, gimp 2.10. Then I went to the official website of Gimp and installed 
Gimp by using flatpak. After installation, I surprisingly found that the problem had been solved.

Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/rCwW08H.png

The screenshot shows that Gimp is using the fonts Source Han Sans, which is set as the "interface fonts" by 
me. And when I change the fonts for the interface, the gimp changes, too. This is what I want. Obviously the 
gimp I downloaded from "Ubuntu Software" didn't use Source Han Sans. Maybe that one tried using DejaVu Sans 
but found nothing so displayed as tofu.

> Possibly, your locale is affecting this. Which locale are you using ?
Well, I'm using en_US.UTF-8

I'm so happy that the problem was solved. Anyway, thanks for telling me so many knowledge and commands about 
fonts. That also helps me a lot since I'm a newbie in Linux.

Regards,
dqwyy