Solved: suddenly the fonts for desktop icons are changed in F18

Joachim Backes joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de
Sun Dec 9 08:55:14 UTC 2012


On 12/09/2012 09:40 AM, Joachim Backes wrote:
> On 12/08/2012 07:30 PM, Pete Walter wrote:
>> Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R <caf <at> omen.com> writes:
>>
>>>
>>> On 12/08/2012 05:21 AM, Joachim Backes wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm running a fully updated F18. Suddenly, since this morning (after the
>>>> most recent update was performed), the desktop icons (only the desktop
>>>> icons!!) are presented with some weird font (small and narrow) which I
>>>> cannot change. Changing the default font by gnome-tweak-tool does not help!
>>>>
>>>> I'm running gnome3 with nautilus as file manager.
>>>>
>>>> I have attached a desktop clipping (desktop.png)
>>>>
>>>> Any help is appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards
>>>>
>>> I have noticed the same thing recently with Xfce on 64 bit F18 on a i5-3550
>>> and 32 GB RAM.
>>>
>>
>> A bad liberation-fonts update
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-19949
>>
>> I have voted -1 in the update ticket.
>>
>>
>>   Pete
>>
> 
> Hi Pete,
> 
> this substantiates my suspicion.
> 
> Thanks

After updating liberation* from version 1.07.2-11 to version 2.00.1-4, I
got rid from the described effect.

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