BlexMono: doesn't work in Windows

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BlexMono: doesn't work in Windows

endquote opened this issue 2 months ago · comments

Josh Santangelo commented 2 months ago

🗹 Requirements

I have searched the issues for my issue and found nothing related and/or helpful
I have searched the FAQ for help
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🎯 Subject of the issue

Experienced behavior:

Expected behavior:

Was hoping to install the font. I think I have in the past.

🔧 Your Setup

Which font are you using (e.g. Anonymice Powerline Nerd Font Complete.ttf)?
- BlexMonoNerdFont-Bold.ttf
Where did you get the file from (download link, self patched, source downloaded from link...)
- https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v3.2.0/IBMPlexMono.zip
Which terminal emulator are you using (e.g. iterm2, urxvt, gnome, konsole)?
- vscode/Windows 11
Are you using OS X, Linux or Windows? And which specific version or distribution?
- Windows 11

Fini · Answer 1 · Wed Apr 10 2024 04:41:24 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Sorry to hear that there is a problem!

It seems I can not reproduce, at least on Windows 10:

Superficial checks on Linux did not yield anything strange, and also Apple's FontBook validation is all-green:

Could you install the font?
Is it visible in the Fonts Settings dialogue? (see my screenshot)
What is this 'Windows Font Viewer', how can I start that?
Why is the extracted font not in a subdirectory?
Can you show a screenshot of the font file in Windows Explorer (to see the size etc)

Josh Santangelo · Answer 2 · Wed Apr 10 2024 05:45:10 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Installing the font gives the same error.
"Windows Font Viewer" is what comes up if you just double-click the font.
That font isn't in a subdirectory because I downloaded it raw from GitHub.

However, I think I know what the actual problem is. This is a corporate-controlled machine and I recall having issues installing fonts on these in the past, I think it's some group policy setting that I need my IT to change.

Fini · Answer 3 · Wed Apr 10 2024 12:41:03 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Maybe you should try downloading the zip or xz archive, unpack that, and try that font.

Your font has a different size. Images from your and my screenshots:

And in the repo:

2.06 MB * 1024 = 2,109.4 kB

Downloading it...

Something does indeed seem corrupt with that file; broken whilst downloading?

Fini · Answer 4 · Wed Apr 10 2024 12:49:42 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Size in detail

One file 'in repo', one file downloaded from repo out ouf the ~~three~~ tree, one file from the archive

Josh Santangelo · Answer 5 · Thu Apr 11 2024 00:02:22 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I have redownloaded the zip and had the same issue.

I downloaded it again on a different Windows 11 machine and it installed fine.

I'm pretty sure this is some sort of permissions problem specific to my machine. I apologize for bothering you with this.

Fini · Answer 6 · Thu Apr 11 2024 00:07:28 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

No Problem! Glad you could find the reason, or at least make it work on some other machine. You could of course try the unpatched font, if that could be installed. I could try on Windows 11 only when I wrestle the game laptop from my youngest kid 😬 Fini Sent from Nine

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