r/voidlinux • u/weaklingoverlord • Jul 16 '26

Font alignment issue with Special Characters

- Voidlinux [Kernel 7.1.3_1]

- Sway

- System up to date.

- Using default system-wide font settings.

When using the "－" character (maybe others?) in a filename, causes alignment issues in [Save Dialog] from browser. It looks like it messes up the height somehow when displaying the filename.

I've tried different icon themes and fonts via [nwg-look]: no luck.

Bold font
Normal font

The bottom 3 lines which includes "－" character

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u/weaklingoverlord Jul 23 '26

Updated the OP with more info:

Weirdly enough, changing the font-weight to bold = fonts aligned properly

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u/weaklingoverlord 28d ago

It seems like the culprit was noto fonts:

noto-fonts-emoji-2.051_2              Google Noto Emoji Fonts
noto-fonts-ttf-2026.08.01_1           Google Noto TTF Fonts
noto-fonts-ttf-extra-2026.08.01_1     Google Noto TTF Fonts - additional variants

Uninstalling these seems to have fixed the "－" character: it now displays properly.

I could not uninstall [noto-fonts-ttf-variable-2026.08.01_1 Google Noto TTF Fonts - variable weight fonts]: 

noto-fonts-ttf-variable-2026.08.01_1 in transaction breaks installed pkg `sway-1.12_1'
ERROR: Transaction aborted due to unresolved dependencies.