Distorted fonts in the Steam launcher.

steamclosed Distro Family: Debian

ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5497 · opened 2018-05-25 by ghost · updated 2020-07-10 · 4 comments · github

?ghost 2018-05-25 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date):"Apr 2 2018 15:23:43"
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Debian Sid
Opted into Steam client beta?: [Yes/No]No
Have you checked for system updates?: [Yes/No]Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Describe what you expected should happen and what did happen. Please link any large code pastes as a Github Gist
The fonts in the Steam UI is distorted, like this:
2018-05-25-115610_1152x864_scrot
Notice the menu bar.
error.log and
assert_20180525115726_22.dmp.gz

Steps for reproducing this issue:

MMartmists-GH 2018-05-25 github

You might be missing some essential fonts. Try installing the default ones, as well as Noto Fonts which can replace most fonts that you might be missing after that.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2018-05-25 github

Hello @pthfdr-42, do you have the fonts-liberation package?

?ghost 2018-05-25 github

pthfdr:/u/h/pthfdr> fc-list
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/UnifontMedium.otf: Unifont:style=Medium
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/Anonymous.ttf: Anonymous Pro:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/X11/suxus-iso-8859-1.bdf: suxus:style=Regular

I only have 3 fonts (2 truetype) installed because I do not want the extra fonts.
In privious versions (several monthes ago), Steam could fall back to the default sans/serif/monospace font.
I think that you should make Steam to fallback to a usable font, like what is displayed in the game list (in this example, Anonymous Pro).

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-07-10 github

Closing because the reporting user has turned into a ghost.

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