xterm can't load Inconsolata font with fontconfig-2.18.0-1

[Keith Thompson]

On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 7:33 PM Keith Thompson
<Keith.S.Thompson@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since I upgraded the fontconfig packages from 2.17.1-1 to 2.18.0-1,
> xterm can't load the "Inconsolata" font.  It falls back to
> "DejaVuSansMono".  Reverting the fontconfig* packages to 2.17.1-1
> fixes the problem.  Several other mono fonts are also affected.
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I've reproduced the issue with fontconfig built from source on Ubuntu 24.04.4,
so it's clearly an upstream issue. I've reported it here:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/work_items/526