Broken conjunct letters fonts in Bengali

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1

I recently installed NixOS, and I need support for the Bengali language. Its conjunct letters are broken. I’ve tried installing “Noto,” but that doesn’t fix the problem.

For example:

5843tatop4zd1

this text above is showing like this:

nutfrzg2q4zd1

As you can see some of the conjunct letters are broken.

I need support for this.

Here are some additional things if you need:

5u77izdfq4zd1
5u77izdfq4zd1873×446 34.6 KB

configuration.nix file:

{ config, pkgs, ... }:

{
  imports =
    [ 
      ./hardware-configuration.nix
    ];

  # Bootloader.
  boot.loader.grub.enable = true;
  boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda";
  boot.loader.grub.useOSProber = true;

  networking.hostName = "nixos"; # Define your hostname.
  networking.networkmanager.enable = true;

  # Set time zone
  time.timeZone = "Asia/Dhaka";

  # Set locale
  i18n.defaultLocale = "en_US.UTF-8";
  i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
    LC_ADDRESS = "en_US.UTF-8";
    LC_IDENTIFICATION = "en_US.UTF-8";
    LC_MEASUREMENT = "en_US.UTF-8";
    LC_MONETARY = "en_US.UTF-8";
    LC_NAME = "en_US.UTF-8";
    LC_NUMERIC = "en_US.UTF-8";
    LC_PAPER = "en_US.UTF-8";
    LC_TELEPHONE = "en_US.UTF-8";
    LC_TIME = "en_US.UTF-8";
  };
  # Enable X11 and GNOME
  services.xserver.enable = true;
  services.xserver.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
  services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
  services.xserver.xkb = {
    layout = "us";
    variant = "";
  };

  # Enable printing
  services.printing.enable = true;

  # Enable pipewire sound support
  hardware.pulseaudio.enable = false;
  security.rtkit.enable = true;
  services.pipewire = {
    enable = true;
    alsa.enable = true;
    alsa.support32Bit = true;
    pulse.enable = true;
  };

  # User configuration
  users.users.sazid = {
    isNormalUser = true;
    description = "Muhammed Sazid Ul Bari";
    extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" "wheel" ];
    packages = with pkgs; [
      # Add any other packages you want for the user here
    ];
  };

  # Auto-login
  services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin.enable = true;
  services.xserver.displayManager.autoLogin.user = "sazid";

  # Workaround for GNOME autologin
  systemd.services."getty@tty1".enable = false;
  systemd.services."autovt@tty1".enable = false;

  # Allow unfree packages
  nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;

  # Install required packages
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    wget
    vscode
    google-chrome
    discord
    gnome.gnome-tweaks
    papirus-icon-theme
    numix-icon-theme
    vlc
    obs-studio
    python3
    nodejs
    zoom-us
    git
    inkscape
    gimp
    neofetch
    gnome.dconf-editor
    gnome.gnome-shell-extensions
    tree
    wayfarer
    pnpm_8
    glibcLocales
    locale
    iconv
    ibus
  ];
  fonts.packages = with pkgs; [
    noto-fonts
    noto-fonts-cjk
    noto-fonts-emoji
    liberation_ttf
    fira-code
    fira-code-symbols
    mplus-outline-fonts.githubRelease
    dina-font
    proggyfonts
  ];
  # Some services
  # services.openssh.enable = true; # Uncomment if you need OpenSSH

  # Set state version
  system.stateVersion = "24.05"; # Keep this as is
}

Thanks

2

What app is it broken in?

3

Hi, this is not app-specific. Wherever there is Bengali text, it’s disjointed, for example, in the Chrome browser. I have further investigated this problem and figured out that my system is not using the correct Bengali font. But I don’t know how to change it. Any help with that?

4

Judging from the problem description I am not really sure if you have the right fonts installed. Do you know which ones you need?

5

The problem was that the system used DejaVu fonts, which don’t fully support Bengali fonts. I downloaded GNOME tweaks and set the fonts to "Noto Serif Bengali 12, " which fixed the problem. I appreciate your reply. Thanks

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