Text not being displayed in PyQt app

Metadata

Project: snapcraft (launchpad)
Number: #1760583
Type: issue
State: open
Author: ~subins2000
Labels: fonts pyqt5
Created: 2018-04-02 09:58 AM UTC
Updated: 2018-04-02 09:59 AM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

PyQt5 app (TorrentBro) packaged as a snap shows no text because the Sans-serif font is unavailable inside the confined snap. Author asks whether to bundle the font or if it is a bug. No maintainer response; ~8.4 years old.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The issue is 3073 days old with 0 comments and no maintainer engagement, and it targets the snapcraft 1.x-era workflow; the current codebase ships desktop extensions (extensions/desktop/) that bundle fontconfig and fonts, so the original font-missing scenario is addressed by current tooling (desktop-gtk extension or adding a font package) and is no longer reproducible in the reported form. It is also fundamentally a usage/packaging question about the reporter's own app rather than a snapcraft defect.

Impact: 15 Quick Win: 12.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 65 Support Request: 85

Issue body

I've made a PyQt5 app : https://github.com/subins2000/TorrentBro I've successfully made a snap package and installed it. But when I run it, the text is not being displayed. The font used in the app is Sans-serif. Is there any specific change need to be made to include the font or is this a bug ? Isn't sans-serif one of the default standard fonts ?

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-09-01 08:14 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 15 Quick Win: 12.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 65 Support Request: 85	close stale	PyQt5 app (TorrentBro) packaged as a snap shows no text because the Sans-serif font is unavailable inside the confined snap. Author asks whether to bundle the font or if it is a bug. No maintainer response; ~8.4 years old.
2026-07-23 11:56 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 95 Complexity: 25 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 95	close not a bug	User reports missing text in a PyQt5 app packaged as a Snap, asking if font configuration is needed or if it's a bug. Issue is 8 years old with no maintainer response.
2026-07-22 12:19 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 90	close not a bug	Support request regarding font rendering in a PyQt5 snap package. No maintainer response in over 8 years. Likely requires packaging configuration rather than a code fix.
2026-07-09 11:34 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 95 Support Request: 90	close not a bug	User reports missing text in a PyQt5 app packaged as a snap, asking if font configuration changes are needed or if it is a bug. No maintainer response in over eight years.
2026-06-21 01:45 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 80 Support Request: 85	close stale	Missing text rendering in a PyQt5 snap package due to font configuration. Unanswered for over 8 years with no maintainer engagement.

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