After seeing @larowlan's comment, I thought that he might be onto something, so I took a look at the Font configuration and customization library code. It appears that FONTCONFIG_PATH should point to the base config directory $SNAP/etc/fonts instead of $SNAP/etc/fonts/config.d.
Changed the path, built a new snap and voilà, the font issue disappeared.
I'm using Ubuntu 23.04 with Gnome 44 and X11. It would be great if someone who previously experienced the tiny font issue could also test this fix.
# uninstall the official snap
snap remove emote
# install the test snap
curl -O --output-dir /tmp https://cdn.dobicinaitis.dev/tmp/emote_4.0.2_amd64_font_fix.snap
snap install --dangerous /tmp/emote_4.0.2_amd64_font_fix.snap
# test ... 🤞
# restore the original version
snap remove emote
snap install emote
After seeing @larowlan's comment, I thought that he might be onto something, so I took a look at the Font configuration and customization library code. It appears that
FONTCONFIG_PATHshould point to the base config directory$SNAP/etc/fontsinstead of$SNAP/etc/fonts/config.d.Changed the path, built a new snap and voilà, the font issue disappeared.
I'm using Ubuntu 23.04 with Gnome 44 and X11. It would be great if someone who previously experienced the tiny font issue could also test this fix.