When setting the xterm font with "xterm -fa <font>", the glyph for lowercase greek pi (U+03C0) seems to be taken from another font, and appears the same regardless of the font selected. The problem appears (at least) with: X.org 6.7.0, XTerm 196, fontconfig 2.2.3, libXft 2.1.2 and XFree86 4.3.0, XTerm 190, fontconfig 2.2.3
Created attachment 796 [details] Screenshot of xterms displaying various fonts
This doesn't seem like a xterm bug, as it also happens in gnome-terminal and various other apps. But who is to blame? Freetype?
no, it's an xterm bug. It appears in gnome-terminal because gnome-terminal (and other apps) copy from xterm (usually without noting this in the change log). It'll be fixed in this week's changes for xterm, e.g., patch #197 (I am making the fix now).
This is fixed in xterm patch #197.
Closing as fixed since Xorg 6.8.2 includes xterm patch #197.
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