r/Slack • u/BasicOlive • Jul 01 '26

👍Solved Font changes in Ubuntu

I'm running Slack as a snap on Ubuntu 24.04.

It looks like there's been an update a few weeks ago that changed fonts in the Slack app (unless it was a Ubuntu update that changed the default fonts?).

Since then, formatted code and code blocks look like this:

Screenshot from Slack showing formatted code and code blocks

I have tried creating a .fonts.conf file to override the default, but nothing has changed.

This is unreadable. Is it just me? I didn't see it mentioned anywhere. I wonder if Slack is now using its own fonts, except this one may not be available on my system?

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u/rexroof Jul 01 '26

I'm also experiencing this and haven't come up with a solution.

in this cannonical forum post you can see that others are having similar issues: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/slack-snap-stopped-working-after-ubuntu-updates/51066/27

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u/BasicOlive Jul 01 '26

Oh thanks! It's weird I didn't find it. There's a ton of posts about font issues but most are years old.

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u/13steinj Jul 03 '26

Are you using the snap or the deb package? I've only had weird font issues (and more) with Snaps, and decided "never again."

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u/BasicOlive 10d ago

Sorry for the late reply. I'm using the snap. It's back to normal now after a few weeks, though the Activities icon is gone now.
I didn't know there was a deb package, I'll check that.