Snap: User fonts are missing

[joaomoreno]

I'm using Fira Code iScript

[chrisberry-io]

Also experiencing this issue. I'm using Fira Code. All fonts display fine on non-snap version.

[joaomoreno]

@flexiondotorg Any thoughts on this one? I can't actually get the Code-Insiders snap working with any other font than the ugly Courier New. 🤔

[flexiondotorg]

@joaomoreno I can't reproduce this issue. I have installed the Code Insiders snap on a clean Ubuntu 18.10 VM. I've canged tthe Editor: Font Family to this: 'Ubuntu Mono','Droid Sans Mono', 'monospace', monospace, 'Droid Sans Fallback' and I have the Ubuntu font reflected in my editor.

How did you install the Fira Code font? What directory it is installed in?

[DoubleBoba]

Still experiencing this issue. I'm using xubuntu and installed Fira Code via standard font viewer in ubuntu. Non-snap edition can use custom font.

[farzadmf]

I have the same problem with the terminal font on Ubuntu 18.10; I have installed vscode using the edge channel, and I have installed Menlo for Powerline font, but when I set this:

"terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "Menlo for Powerline"

I receive an error message like this:

The reason I know it's not because of the font not being monospace is that I get the error message no matter what I type for the setting.

It may be worth mentioning that if I set the value to Ubuntu Mono, the font changes, and I don't see the error message, and also, my shell is zsh

This is a screenshot of the terminal I wanted to solve in the first place:

[joaomoreno]

@flexiondotorg Fira Code is in ~/.local/share/fonts, so the snap doesn't seem to pick that up.

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The default 'Droid Sans Mono', 'monospace', monospace, 'Droid Sans Fallback' also doesn't work for me:

Compare that with the non-snap version:

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The value 'Ubuntu Mono','Droid Sans Mono', 'monospace', monospace, 'Droid Sans Fallback' actually works, I get the Ubuntu font. 🤔

[flexiondotorg]

@joaomoreno We've been testing this and discovered the following. User installed fonts in ~/.fonts or ~/.local/share/fonts are not working with code-insiders snap when it is installed on Ubuntu 18.10. However, user installed fonts are working with the code-insiders snap on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. We are investigating further to understand why 18.10 is not working.

We've been using Fira Code and the Go font in our testing.

[joaomoreno]

Current workaround: copy fonts to /usr/share/fonts

[joaomoreno]

Thanks to @flexiondotorg, this is now fixed in master! #70884