[Konsole-devel] [Bug 308839] New: Characters not in the chosen font are substituted with some other font

[Yuri]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=308839

            Bug ID: 308839
          Severity: normal
           Version: 2.8.4
          Priority: NOR
          Assignee: konsole-devel at kde.org
           Summary: Characters not in the chosen font are substituted with
                    some other font
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: FreeBSD
          Reporter: yuri at tsoft.com
          Hardware: FreeBSD Ports
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Component: font
           Product: konsole

I selected the font "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" style=Roman size=14 which is a
monospace font (on my system it is in file
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/bitstream-vera/VeraMono.ttf). This font is missing
Cyrillic characters altogether.

However, when the text displayed contains Cyrillic, these letters are being
substituted with some other, non-monospace font. Cyrillic looks totally out of
style compared to Latin letters, see the screenshot attachment. I can't tell
where the font for these letters comes from.

Except for this apparent aesthetic issue, I see the artifacts when I am trying
to move cursor through Cyrillic letters in vim. Text around Cyrillic jumps
around with cursor motions, some parts of it disappear at times.

Konsole should either just display the question marks '?' instead of the
missing in font characters. Or it should allow the user an alternative fonts to
select from for the characters missing in the major font.


Reproducible: Always

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