LibreOffice does not get some fonts including WQY ZenHei

[ShamrockLee]

Describe the bug Some fonts such as WQY ZenHei cannot be used in LibreOffice after these fonts are installed.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Install libreoffice.
2. install wqy_zenhei.
3. Open LibreOffice.
4. Choose "Create: Writer Document" or "Create: Impress Presentation", etc.
5. Navigate to the choice box of fonts.
6. Notice that WQY ZenHei is not inside.

Expected behavior Expected installed fonts such as WQY ZenHei to appear in the font choice box in LibreOffice Writer, LibreOffice Impress, and other pieces of software in LibreOffice suite.

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Metadata Please run nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m" and paste the result.

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 4.19.132, NixOS, 20.09pre234194.8d05772134f (Nightingale)
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.3.7
• channels(shamrock): "home-manager"
• channels(root): "nixos-20.09pre234194.8d05772134f"
• nixpkgs: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos

Maintainer information:

# a list of nixpkgs attributes affected by the problem
attribute: libreoffice
# a list of nixos modules affected by the problem
module:

[nixos-discourse]

This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/guidelines-on-packaging-fonts/7683/4

[Thra11]

2. install wqy_zenhei.

How did you install wqy_zenheI? Did you add it to fonts.fonts in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix, or try to install it in some other way (e.g. by putting it in environment.systemPackages or using nix-env or nix-shell)?

I added it to my /etc/nixos/configuration.nix like this:

  fonts.fonts = with pkgs; [
    wqy_zenhei
  ];

Libreoffice is already in my environment.systemPackages. After running nixos-rebuild switch, libreoffice (I tested Writer) has three variants, "WenQuanYi Zen Hei", "WenQuanYi Zen Hei Mono", and "WenQuanYi Zen Hei Sharp".

[ShamrockLee]

How did you install wqy_zenheI? Did you add it to fonts.fonts in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix, or try to install it in some other way (e.g. by putting it in environment.systemPackages or using nix-env or nix-shell)?

I didn't know about fonts.fonts. Thanks a lot for your help!