Can't set free mono font in config

[danielgoldin]

What happened?

I put the following three versions of setting the font in the commandline but to no effect:

(setq doom-font (font-spec :family "FreeMono Bold" :size 20.0))

(setq doom-font (font-spec :family "FreeMono" :size 20 :slant 'normal :weight 'bold))

(setq doom-font (font-spec :family "FreeMono" :size 26 :slant 'normal :weight 'bold))

What did you expect to happen?

I hoped to see a free mono font in bold when I restarted doom. I am able to set the font using menu set font."

Steps to reproduce

set config in ways described above.

System information

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[hlissner]

If FreeMono or FreeMono Bold weren’t working, then those are not their real names.

Run fc-list | grep free in the shell, or peruse the output of fc-list. For example, fc-list | grep JetBrainsMono on my system puts out a lot of lines that look like this:

/nix/store/rwib2mn97anyvj13zvqnjzsbvrhrqihw-JetBrainsMono-2.242/share/fonts/truetype/JetBrainsMono-Italic[wght].ttf: JetBrains Mono:style=Thin Italic
/nix/store/rwib2mn97anyvj13zvqnjzsbvrhrqihw-JetBrainsMono-2.242/share/fonts/truetype/JetBrainsMono-Italic[wght].ttf: JetBrains Mono:style=Medium Italic
/nix/store/rwib2mn97anyvj13zvqnjzsbvrhrqihw-JetBrainsMono-2.242/share/fonts/truetype/JetBrainsMono[wght].ttf: JetBrains Mono:style=ExtraBold

But they tell me the name of the font (as fontconfig recognizes it) is JetBrains Mono. That is what I’d have use in Emacs.

[danielgoldin]

Hmm. Here is the relevant bits of what fc-list shows me. It seems that FreeMono is correct, but my code in the config file still doesn’t work.

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMonoBoldOblique.ttf: FreeMono:style=Bold Oblique,получерен наклонен,Negreta cursiva,tučné kurzíva,fed kursiv,Fett-Kursiv,Έντονα Πλάγια,Negrita Cursiva,Lihavoitu Kursivoi,Gras Italique,Félkövér dőlt,Grassetto Corsivo,Vet Cursief,Halvfet Kursiv,Pogrubiona kursywa,Negrito Itálico,gros oblic,Полужирный Курсив,Tučná kurzíva,Fet Kursiv,Kalın İtalik,huruf tebal miring,жирний похилий,polkrepko ležeče,treknais slīpraksts,pusjuodis pasvirasis,Lodi etzana,धृष्ट-तिरछा

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMonoOblique.ttf: FreeMono:style=Oblique,наклонен,cursiva,kurzíva,kursiv,Πλάγια,Kursivoitu,Italique,Dőlt,Corsivo,Cursief,Kursywa,Itálico,oblic,Курсив,İtalik,huruf miring,похилий,ležeče,slīpraksts,pasvirasis,nghiêng,Etzana,तिरछा


/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMono.ttf: FreeMono:style=Regular,нормален,normal,obyčejné,Standard,µεσαία,Normaali,Normál,Normale,Standaard,Normalny,Обычный,Normálne,menengah,прямій,navadno,vidējs,normalusis,thường,Arrunta,सामान्य

/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSansOblique.ttf: FreeSans:style=Oblique,наклонен,negreta cursiva,kurzíva,kursiv,Πλάγια,Cursiva,Kursivoitu,Italique,Dőlt,Corsivo,Cursief,kursywa,Itálico,oblic,Курсив,İtalik,huruf miring,похилий,Ležeče,slīpraksts,pasvirasis,nghiêng,Etzana,तिरछा
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMonoBold.ttf: FreeMono:style=Bold,получерен,negreta,tučné,fed,Fett,Έντονα,Negrita,Lihavoitu,Gras,Félkövér,Grassetto,Vet,Halvfet,Pogrubiony,Negrito,gros,Полужирный,Fet,Kalın,huruf tebal,жирний,polkrepko,treknraksts,pusjuodis,đậm,Lodia,धृष्ट