[SOLVED] ConkySymbols font broken under KDE

Ever since the fontconfig update yesterday, the ConkySymbols font (http://wiltur.deviantart.com/#/d3ij3mi) is mysteriously broken for me. It just prints black rectangles instead.
All other fonts seem to be fine though. I've even downloaded the ConkySymbols .ttf again, but when I open the file in KDE Font Preview the preview pane stays blank.
How do I fix this? Of course it might also be due to the KDE 4.9.1 upgrade somehow, I'm not sure.
Last edited by Morn (2012-09-07 14:56:11)

Morn wrote:I guess now I'm supposed to mark this thread as resolved somehow, but I can't figure out how this works.
Great to hear the fix worked. To mark the thread as solved, just edit your first post and put [SOLVED] in the title. Thanks.

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bash wrote:See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Un … oxygen-gtk
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