Brave doesn't find a specific font I've installed

[waldyrious]

Description

I have installed the Libertinus font family as my preferred serif font, but Brave doesn't seem to be able to detect it in the list of available fonts.

I am on Ubuntu 20.04, and installed the font with:

nix-env -iA nixpkgs.libertinus

Then made it available to fontconfig by:

$ mkdir -p ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/
$ cat << EOF > ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/10-nix-fonts.conf
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
 <dir>~/.nix-profile/share/fonts/</dir>
</fontconfig>
EOF

Some programs (e.g. Firefox, Gnome Font Viewer, the LibreOffice programs...) appear to be able to detect this font, while others can't (Brave, Inkscape, GIMP).

Firefox can find the font	Brave can't find the font

fc-list does report it as available:

$ fc-list | grep -i libertinus
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusSerif-SemiboldItalic.otf: Libertinus Serif,Libertinus Serif Semibold:style=Semibold Italic,Italic
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusSerifDisplay-Regular.otf: Libertinus Serif Display:style=Regular
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusSerif-Bold.otf: Libertinus Serif:style=Bold
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusSerif-BoldItalic.otf: Libertinus Serif:style=Bold Italic
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusSerif-Regular.otf: Libertinus Serif:style=Regular
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusMath-Regular.otf: Libertinus Math:style=Regular
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusSerifInitials-Regular.otf: Libertinus Serif Initials:style=Regular
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusSans-Italic.otf: Libertinus Sans:style=Italic
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusSans-Bold.otf: Libertinus Sans:style=Bold
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusSans-Regular.otf: Libertinus Sans:style=Regular
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusKeyboard-Regular.otf: Libertinus Keyboard:style=Regular
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusSerif-Semibold.otf: Libertinus Serif,Libertinus Serif Semibold:style=Semibold,Regular
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusMono-Regular.otf: Libertinus Mono:style=Regular
/home/waldyrious/.nix-profile/share/fonts/opentype/LibertinusSerif-Italic.otf: Libertinus Serif:style=Italic

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install Libertinus as described above
2. Go to Brave settings
3. Try to select Libertinus as the default font

Actual result:

The font does not appear in the list

Expected result:

The font should appear in the list of available fonts to choose from.

Reproduces how often:

Always

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave	1.28.106 Chromium: 92.0.4515.159 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision	0185b8a19c88c5dfd3e6c0da6686d799e9bc3b52-refs/branch-heads/4515@{#2052}
OS	Linux

(Brave was installed as a Snap)

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current release?
• Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel?
• Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel?

Other Additional Information:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields?
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards?
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome?

Miscellaneous Information:

[waldyrious]

@bsclifton thanks for closing this — I can confirm this issue no longer occurs. Can I assume the fix was brave/brave-browser-snap#25?

[bsclifton]

@waldyrious yup! that should have been it