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

[Takashi Yano]

On Sun, 24 May 2026 21:40:05 -0700
Keith Thompson wrote:
> 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.
> [...]
> 
> 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

Thanks for the report and for digging into this!

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Takashi Yano <takashi.yano@nifty.ne.jp>