Problems with fonts

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bigb262

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Problems with fonts

PostMon Dec 21, 2020 9:27 am

I have problems with my installed fonts. If I insert normal text (without fusion) everything is fine, but if I insert text in Fusion I can no longer see the fonts I installed later, so I cannot select them.
My system Linux and Davinci resolve 17 beta
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Re: Problems with fonts

PostMon Dec 21, 2020 1:33 pm

I found the solution. Davinci Resolve only looks for the fonts in /usr/share/fonts. If they aren't there, they won't show up
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Re: Problems with fonts

PostWed Dec 23, 2020 2:33 pm

Some details about fonts on Linux. It seems that Resolve uses at least two different
methods to search fonts. Simply may be checked on Titles Text and Text+.

Text title: uses fontconfig
Text+ and Fussion: hard coded to /usr/share/fonts subdirectories

If you can see font in Text and not in Text+ title:
  • check if font is placed in /usr/share/fonts
If you can see font in Text+ and not in Text title:
  • check if font is available with fc-list
  • if not, font may be rejected check ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d and/or /etc/fonts/conf.avail

Preview of working places for both titles.

Code: Select all
dir                        Text      Text+
/usr/share/fonts            ok        ok
/usr/share/fonts/sample     ok        ok
/usr/local/share/fonts      ok        no
~/.fonts                    ok        no
~/.local/share/fonts        ok        no

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