xserver without misc font

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[xorg-server]

XMonad default theme font
Reported as present

$ # font was not present, not defined as xorg-server dependency

[ 64816.350] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
[ 64816.350]  Entry deleted from font path.
[ 64816.350] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[ 64816.350]  Entry deleted from font path.
[ 64816.350] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[ 64816.350]  Entry deleted from font path.
[ 64816.350] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[ 64816.350]  Entry deleted from font path.
[ 64816.350] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[ 64816.350]  Entry deleted from font path.
[ 64816.350] (==) FontPath set to:
 /usr/share/fonts/TTF

$ sudo pacman -Rs xorg-fonts-misc

$ startx # xmonad with sample from wiki - layout broken, found fontName in default theme

$ xfontsel -pattern "-misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" # displays window with "1 name matches" and "Processing fonts..."

$ xlsfonts -fn "-misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-87-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1

$ grep semicondensed /usr/share/fonts/*/fonts.dir # not found
$ xlsfonts 
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
6x13
cursor
fixed

$ xset q
Font Path:
  /usr/share/fonts/TTF,built-ins

$ xset fp /usr/share/fonts/TTF/ # replace to remove built-ins
$ xlsfonts | grep semicondensed # not found
$ xfontsel -pattern "-misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"  # how it should be
X Error of failed request:  BadName (named color or font does not exist)
  Major opcode of failed request:  45 (X_OpenFont)
  Serial number of failed request:  10
  Current serial number in output stream:  11



$ # install missing font

$ sudo pacman -S xorg-fonts-misc

$ xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/misc/
$ xfontsel -pattern "-misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" # 139 names match

$ xfontsel -pattern "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-87-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1" # 1 name matches, preview displayed
$ xfontsel -pattern "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--10-72-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1" # 1 name matches, preview displayed

$ xlsfonts -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-87-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1" 
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-87-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1
$ xlsfonts -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--10-72-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1"
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--10-72-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1



$ # restart X

$ xfontsel -pattern "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-87-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1" # 2 names match, preview displayed
$ xfontsel -pattern "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--10-72-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1" # 2 names match, preview displayed

$ xlsfonts -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-87-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1" # two?
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-87-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-87-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1
$ xlsfonts -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--10-72-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1" # two?
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--10-72-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--10-72-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1


$ xlsfonts -fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--10-72-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1"
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--10-72-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1
-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--10-72-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1

$ xfontsel -pattern "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--10-72-100-100-c-0-iso8859-1"
Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion