Iosevka font results in the fixed version instead of the default version

[ukiran03]

Every method I use to install the Iosevka font results in the fixed version instead of the default one. This issue started with the 32.0.1 release

• Your font version: 32.0.1
• Your font variant: Iosevka Default
• Your operating system (name and version): Linux
• Your application using Iosevka: Emacs, Alacritty

[be5invis]

Not repro on my system. And we did not modify the metdata in v32. Maybe you can try completely unisntall existing version, restart your system and then reinstall?

[ukiran03]

Sorry to bother you, but I am unable to download the default Iosevka font on my machine. Every time, I end up with the fixed variant of Iosevka.

• Your operating system (name and version): Arch Linux

[Logo121]

You're going to need more information than that. If you're using Arch Linux, which package are you using to install this font?

[AndydeCleyre]

How exactly are you determining that it's the fixed variant?

[be5invis]

Are you downloading from releases, or from package manager? The AUR package is not maintained by me but by @Markus00000.

[ukiran03]

I installed extra/ttc-iosevka through pacman, which brought Iosevka-{ExtraLight,Heavy,Thin...}.ttc of 9 files to my system dir: /usr/share/fonts/TTF/ Additionally, I installed from the releases Iosevka v32.0.1, the latest SuperTTC package

Both only resulted showing Iosevka Fixed variants

How I test:

In emacs:

(set-frame-font "Iosevka 12" nil t)
(error "Font not available" #<font-spec nil nil Iosevka nil nil nil nil nil 12.0 nil nil nil ((:name . "Iosevka 12") (:user-spec . "Iosevka 12"))>)

(set-frame-font "Iosevka Extended 12" nil t)
(error "Font not available" #<font-spec nil nil Iosevka\ Extended nil nil nil nil nil 12.0 nil nil nil ((:name . "Iosevka Extended 12") (:user-spec . "Iosevka Extended 12"))>)

(set-frame-font "Iosevka Fixed Extended 12" nil t)
nil ;; no error and sets the font

fc-list

[ ~ 0 ] $ fc-list ':' file | grep -v 'IosevkaNerd' | grep Iosevka
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Iosevka-Regular.ttc:                        
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Iosevka-ExtraLight.ttc:                     
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Iosevka-Heavy.ttc:                          
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Iosevka-Thin.ttc:                           
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Iosevka-SemiBold.ttc:                       
/home/ukiran/.local/share/fonts/Iosevka.ttc:                     
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Iosevka-Light.ttc:                          
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Iosevka-ExtraBold.ttc:                      
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Iosevka-Medium.ttc:                         
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/Iosevka-Bold.ttc:                               

alacritty, xterm

same problem as in emacs

[Logo121]

I'm not familiar with Emacs, but I think some of these applications do not support "non-fixed" fonts where a glyph can occupy either 1 or 2 spaces.

Did you test it on other applications like GUI text editors or web browser?

[ukiran03]

I also tested with Gedit (gnome text editor) The listed Iosevka font variants are fixed variants only.

[be5invis]

Could you try uninstall the package from pacman and manually clean install the fonts from releases? Or maybe you can try the TTF version? I checked the TTC's metadata, it is completely valid.

[ukiran03]

I will try it. I am fine with my situation, and I think there must be an issue on my side. I'll figure it out once I have the time. If I find anything, I will post it here. Thank you for your time and patience.