# Ncview missing fonts in wayland **URL:** \ **Category:** Plasma\ **Created:** [November 21, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/ncview-missing-fonts-in-wayland/63258 "2024-11-21T12:14:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vocation9414](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/9f8e36/32.png) [@Vocation9414](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Vocation9414)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/ncview-missing-fonts-in-wayland/63258/1 "2024-11-21T12:14:05Z")
Hi, when I use ncview under Plasma wayland, I get this error: ```auto Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Error: Aborting: no font found ``` I tried to install `xorg-fonts-misc` as suggested in the aur ([https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ncview](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ncview)) but it didn’t fix anything even after a reboot. When I use the X11 Plasma DE everything works, but I would like to be able to use ncview with wayland as well. Any ideas how to fix this? ---
**Author:** ![dbuhl8](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@dbuhl8](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dbuhl8)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/ncview-missing-fonts-in-wayland/63258/2 "2025-01-31T20:56:59Z")
My ncview was working on arch linux and using xwayland fine for about two months. Today I updated my system and am now getting the same error. I already had xorg-fonts-misc installed. Have you found any other solution? This is specifically the error I get, Warning: Cannot convert string “-_-lucida-bold-r-_-_-14-_-_-_-_-_-_-_” to type FontStruct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Error: Aborting: no font found ---
**Author:** ![Vocation9414](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/9f8e36/32.png) [@Vocation9414](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Vocation9414)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/ncview-missing-fonts-in-wayland/63258/3 "2025-02-03T14:18:01Z")
No I didn’t find a solution unfortunately, I switched to X11 because of this. ---
**Author:** ![wmizz](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@wmizz](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/wmizz)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/ncview-missing-fonts-in-wayland/63258/4 "2025-02-05T17:10:46Z")
This isn’t a proper fix but to avoid the program aborting I believe having any ISO8859 font available will work. In my case, I got the same error as dbuhl8 with the lucida-bold conversion but without the “Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font” line as it managed to find a font. The problem is that the font it found seems to be some gothic font I happened to have and it made the program barely legible… ![Screenshot_20250204_113156](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/1/21befc092ce0c0f93d289ecff5205fcb71185cc4.png) ---
**Author:** ![Vocation9414](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/9f8e36/32.png) [@Vocation9414](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Vocation9414)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/ncview-missing-fonts-in-wayland/63258/5 "2025-03-03T07:09:59Z")
There seems to be a fix now: [https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ncview](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ncview) > I was finally able to solve it by setting: > > ```auto > Ncview*font: fixed > > ``` > > in `/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Ncview`. The font can be any of those listed by the `xlsfonts` command.