Bad fonts in JOSM

[yoasif@…]

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Install JOSM from Flatpak on Fedora 37
2. Open JOSM

What is the expected result?

Ideally, I see the default fonts selected in my GNOME settings. Otherwise, I should see fonts that are not compressed looking.

What happens instead?

Really bad looking fonts.

Please provide any additional information below. Attach a screenshot if possible.

Relative:URL: ^/trunk
Repository:UUID: 0c6e7542-c601-0410-84e7-c038aed88b3b
Last:Changed Date: 2023-03-30 16:51:36 +0200 (Thu, 30 Mar 2023)
Revision:18700
Build-Date:2023-03-31 01:30:56
URL:https://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk

Identification: JOSM/1.5 (18700 en) Linux Freedesktop.org SDK 22.08 (Flatpak runtime)
Memory Usage: 320 MB / 15984 MB (200 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 17.0.6+10, Flathub, OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
Look and Feel: javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel
Screen: :0.0 1920×1080 (scaling 1.00×1.00)
Maximum Screen Size: 1920×1080
Best cursor sizes: 16×16→16×16, 32×32→32×32
Environment variable LANG: en_US.UTF-8
System property file.encoding: UTF-8
System property sun.jnu.encoding: UTF-8
Locale info: en_US
Numbers with default locale: 1234567890 -> 1234567890
Desktop environment: GNOME
VM arguments: [--module-path=/app/share/openjfx/lib, --add-modules=java.scripting,java.sql,javafx.controls,javafx.media,javafx.swing,javafx.web, -Djosm.restart=true, -Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true, --add-exports=java.base/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED, --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg=ALL-UNNAMED, --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.spi=ALL-UNNAMED]

[taylor.smock]

Ideally, I see the default fonts selected in my GNOME settings. Otherwise, I should see fonts that are not compressed looking.

As a stupid question, does this happen when you aren't using custom fonts?
If not, can you tell us what the custom fonts are, and how/where you got them (or if they were installed by default).

Also, I'm not seeing a way to set custom fonts in the gnome-control-center (GNOME settings) application. Are you using Gnome Tweaks?

[yoasif@…]

I *am* using GNOME Tweaks. My chosen fonts are:

Ubuntu Regular 10 - Interface Text
Cantarell Regular 11 - Document Text
Monaco Regular 10 - Monospace Text
Cantarell Bold 11 - Legacy Window Titles

Cantarell is a default UI font in Fedora, and I downloaded and installed Ubuntu from GitHub (I believe) - the folder is labeled "ubuntu-font-family-0.83".

I'm using some hacked version of Monaco labeled "Monaco Linux", but I kinda doubt the JOSM UI relies on monospace text to begin with.

[taylor.smock]

The rendering for the MOTD is done by Java Swing. I'm thinking that the monospace font is the problem -- I tested on Ubuntu (since that is what I have on my Pi), and I didn't see the problem.

Font info:

• fonts-cantarell v0.303.1-1
• fonts-ubuntu v0.83-6ubuntu1

[yoasif@…]

I removed the Monaco font from my fonts directory and I also updated my font selection in GNOME Tweaks to be Ubuntu Mono Regular 10 and restarted JOSM - the app looks the same.

[taylor.smock]

That is funny -- I wasn't able to reproduce on Ubuntu. I'll have to check on Fedora later.

[skyper]

Interesting. The Debian package and our own Debian/Ubuntu packages depend on fonts-nofo. Maybe installing these fonts will help.

[yoasif@…]

I installed:

google-noto-sans-vf-fonts
google-noto-serif-vf-fonts
google-noto-sans-mono-vf-fonts

and restarted JOSM. It looks the same for me.

However, I have JOSM installed via a Flatpak, and I don't know how that affects things.

[taylor.smock]

If anything, the flatpak should be more reproducible when it comes to these type so of problems, since I can be certain I have the same libraries as the user.

Maybe something is borked in a library. Can you try running flatpak repair (as root if you installed JOSM to the system flatpak installation)?

[yoasif@…]

Just ran flatpak repair as my logged in user and as root:

sudo flatpak repair
[sudo] password for asif: 
Working on the system installation at /var/lib/flatpak
[1/99] Verifying flathub:runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/22.0[2/99] Verifying flathub:runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel/x86_64/22.[12/99] Verifying flathub:runtime/org.kde.PlatformTheme.QGnomePlatform/x86_64/5.[19/99] Verifying flathub:runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.3.0[21/99] Verifying flathub:runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel/x86_64/21[22/99] Verifying flathub:runtime/com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager.Locale/x86_64[24/99] Verifying flathub:runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.ffmpeg-full/x86_64/22[27/99] Verifying flathub:runtime/com.transmissionbt.Transmission.Locale/x86_64/[35/99] Verifying flathub:runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/21.[44/99] Verifying flathub:runtime/org.kde.WaylandDecoration.QGnomePlatform-decor[68/99] Verifying flathub:runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/22.[84/99] Verifying flathub:runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.2.0[99/99] Verifying flathub:app/com.transmissionbt.Transmission/x86_64/stable…
Checking remotes...
Pruning objects
Erasing .removed

Unfortunately, it is the same.

[taylor.smock]

I just saw something that might help on #flatpak on Matrix (the app id was different):
flatpak run --command=fc-cache org.openstreetmap.josm --force --verbose

Does that work?

[anonymous]

I did nothing (except routine updates) and things look fine now. No idea what changed.

[gaben]

What's your status report?

[yoasif@…]

Status report:

Relative:URL: ^/trunk
Repository:UUID: 0c6e7542-c601-0410-84e7-c038aed88b3b
Last:Changed Date: 2023-03-30 16:51:36 +0200 (Thu, 30 Mar 2023)
Revision:18700
Build-Date:2023-03-31 01:30:56
URL:https://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk

Identification: JOSM/1.5 (18700 en) Linux Freedesktop.org SDK 22.08 (Flatpak runtime)
Memory Usage: 1816 MB / 15984 MB (1144 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 17.0.6+10, Flathub, OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
Look and Feel: javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel
Screen: :0.0 1920×1080 (scaling 1.00×1.00)
Maximum Screen Size: 1920×1080
Best cursor sizes: 16×16→16×16, 32×32→32×32
Environment variable LANG: en_US.UTF-8
System property file.encoding: UTF-8
System property sun.jnu.encoding: UTF-8
Locale info: en_US
Numbers with default locale: 1234567890 -> 1234567890
Desktop environment: GNOME
VM arguments: [--module-path=/app/share/openjfx/lib, --add-modules=java.scripting,java.sql,javafx.controls,javafx.media,javafx.swing,javafx.web, -Djosm.restart=true, -Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true, --add-exports=java.base/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED, --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg=ALL-UNNAMED, --add-exports=java.desktop/com.sun.imageio.spi=ALL-UNNAMED]


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[taylor.smock]

Replying to anonymous:

I did nothing (except routine updates) and things look fine now. No idea what changed.

Nothing changed that we recorded. Probably the runtime fixed a bug, or something else happened (maybe a library required outside of the sandbox changed?).

Anyway, thank you for letting us know that an update (of something) fixed the issue.