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Steam client uses wrong font

steamopen runtimeDistro Family: Debian
ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#11606 · opened 2024-12-27 by Supervisor83 · updated 2026-02-09 · 1 comments · github
SSupervisor83 2024-12-27 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1733265492
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Debian 12.1 Kernel: x86_64 Linux 6.9.10+bpo-amd64
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: [No]
  • Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] System is up to date
  • Steam Logs: [generate by running this command in a terminal tar -zcvf ~/Desktop/steam-logs.tar.gz ~/.steam/steam/logs]
  • GPU: Nvidia 535.183.01

Hello,

Steam support has referred me here because they can't help me any further.

I use Steam on my Debian 12 Linux, but not via the Debian Repos but I downloaded it from Steam and then installed it.

Now that I often work with different fonts, I have “installed” some in my home directory under .fonts. Since then I sometimes have a different font in the Steam client without having changed the system default fonts. Is this a bug in the Steam client or can I set somewhere in the Steam client which fonts should be used?

The following fonts are affected:

  • in the Friends category, the search fields and buttons (Manage friends list, Add friend)
  • in the store also buttons, search fields / input fields, links and partly also the descriptions

Part of the store attached as a screenshot.

Yours sincerely
Supervisor83
2024-11-30_12-26

SSupervisor83 2026-02-09 github

Your system information
Steam client version (build number or date): 1769025840
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Debian 13.3 Kernel: x86_64 Linux 6.18.5+deb13-amd64
Opted into Steam client beta?: [No]
Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No] System is up to date
GPU: Nvidia 550.163.01

Hello,

The problem still exists. I also had this with the TeamSpeak6 beta client, but after updating TeamSpeak 6, the font problem disappeared and they were displayed correctly again. Presumably, it will be the same with the Steam client, in that there is a setting in the program code that does not seem to be correct.

Yours sincerely
Supervisor83

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