From 1dc89f1d5ac2b7075572fdb3b1218a3429c9a76c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Bokoc Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 06:34:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 235 - Set default monospace fallback font --- modules/release-notes/pages/desktop.adoc | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop.adoc b/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop.adoc index 42b3150..1980f2e 100644 --- a/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop.adoc +++ b/modules/release-notes/pages/desktop.adoc @@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ include::partial$entities.adoc[] == GNOME now uses Wayland only The GNOME X11 session has been removed from Fedora Linux. Users previously using GNOME on X11 will be transparently upgraded to the GNOME Wayland session. X11 applications are still supported on GNOME. +[[default-monospace-fonts]] +== Set default fallback monospace font +In previous Fedora releases, monospace fonts were implicitly substituted with sans-serif fonts by default configuration file in fontconfig if missing, which was the case for some languages. +This could result in unpredictable behavior once additional font packages were installed. +Fedora 43 fixes this by assigning a tentative default monospace font for languages that were previously missing it. + +If you were relying on old behavior, you can use `fonts-tweak-tool` to specify the default monospace font for a certain language. + [[gdk-pixbuf-glycin]] == gdk-pixbuf2 now uses Glycin sandboxed image loading `gdk-pixbuf2` now depends on Glycin, the sandboxed image loading framework, which greatly improves security.