<![CDATA[O24 dev: can't read menus]]>New install of opera 24 developer in Fatdog Linux. Works nicely, except that I can't read tabs, menus, url bar--they all look like .. .... .. ... Websites are fine.
I have tried opera:config but can't find anything that helps. Does anyone have a suggestion? Thanks

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/3877/o24-dev-can-t-read-menusRSS for NodeThu, 05 Mar 2026 09:35:04 GMTWed, 09 Jul 2014 02:59:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to O24 dev: can't read menus on Mon, 08 Sep 2014 22:29:09 GMT]]>Opera-developer_25.0.1613.1 works flawlessly (so far!) in Fatdog 700. The font issues have disappeared. Thanks, developers!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/50049https://forums.opera.com/post/50049Mon, 08 Sep 2014 22:29:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to O24 dev: can't read menus on Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:17:05 GMT]]>Thanks to both of you for the education about fonts. I tried deleting all but DejaVu TTF fonts and then all but 4 of those (verified with fc-list) but the same issue persists.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/45472https://forums.opera.com/post/45472Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:17:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to O24 dev: can't read menus on Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:58:18 GMT]]>Some font that doesn't make sense. The DejaVu fonts should all be fine with Opera, but there are too many fonts for us to guess which you might have. Let me see ... the Bitstream Vera fonts are also good. A common problem is a non-TTF version of Helvetica.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/45448https://forums.opera.com/post/45448Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:58:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to O24 dev: can't read menus on Thu, 17 Jul 2014 17:55:40 GMT]]>avl, you're right, I was looking for an executable called fontconfig :oops:

fc-match -> DejaVuSans.ttf: "DejaVu Sans" "Book"

fc-match -v -> a long output. Is there anything I should look for that would indicate a problem? Thanks for your patience!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/45414https://forums.opera.com/post/45414Thu, 17 Jul 2014 17:55:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to O24 dev: can't read menus on Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:48:07 GMT]]>Not having fontconfig sounds impossible, then it wouldn't be possible to start Opera. You can try using eg. 'fc-match -v' if you have the fontconfig command-line tools installed to see your default font with all its settings.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/45387https://forums.opera.com/post/45387Thu, 17 Jul 2014 10:48:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to O24 dev: can't read menus on Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:57:48 GMT]]>avl,
Thanks for the suggestion. Fatdog does not have fontconfig, but I have tried moving, removing, linking fonts, changing languages and font size, etc. without success. I can't find a file or config option that gives Opera a path to fonts.
I should add that I am using a pre-alpha version of Fatdog 700, so this could be something that's not quite ready in the OS. If I find out anything useful, I'll post it here.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/45336https://forums.opera.com/post/45336Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:57:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to O24 dev: can't read menus on Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:18:25 GMT]]>This is very likely to be font-related, apparently Opera picks up a certain font on your machine that can't display the characters it wants to display. Try uninstalling some font packages or disabling fonts selectively using fontconfig (if you can find out which font is being used). Would be great to hear if you can find out which font is causing this, if any 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/45227https://forums.opera.com/post/45227Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:18:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to O24 dev: can't read menus on Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:52:31 GMT]]>Opera24-developer works normally (after tracking down some libs) in Slacko-64, another 64-bit puppy linux project. So this is apparently a Fatdog issue and I'll pursue it in the Puppy forum (http://murga-linux.com/puppy). Thanks sgunhouse for the support.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/44948https://forums.opera.com/post/44948Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:52:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to O24 dev: can't read menus on Fri, 11 Jul 2014 06:35:05 GMT]]>There's a directory (/usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF) which contains about 20 DejaVu**.ttf fonts, but I don't know if Opera is finding them. I linked the folder in ~/.config/opera-developer, but no change. Do you know where Opera24 looks for fonts?
I should add that Opera 12.16 does not have this issue.
I'll consult Fatdog's developer about this as well. Thanks for following up.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/44925https://forums.opera.com/post/44925Fri, 11 Jul 2014 06:35:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to O24 dev: can't read menus on Fri, 11 Jul 2014 02:13:33 GMT]]>Does Fatdog include a decent selection of TrueType/Freetype fonts?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/44918https://forums.opera.com/post/44918Fri, 11 Jul 2014 02:13:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to O24 dev: can't read menus on Wed, 09 Jul 2014 18:01:13 GMT]]>en_US

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/44783https://forums.opera.com/post/44783Wed, 09 Jul 2014 18:01:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to O24 dev: can't read menus on Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:21:35 GMT]]>What language does your system use?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/44778https://forums.opera.com/post/44778Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:21:35 GMT