Docker setup doesn't have access to user fonts about decktape HOT 6 CLOSED

Just for reference, since this image runs with node as user, the full path is /home/node/.local/share/fonts.

I used the following to get default Microsoft fonts working:

wget --output-document fonts.zip https://www.w7df.com/files0/Windows7DefaultFonts.zip?dl=1 && unzip fonts.zip && rm fonts.zip
docker run (...) -v `pwd`/Windows7DefaultFonts:/home/node/.local/share/fonts (...)

Similarly, emojis in my presentation rendered in colour in Chrome, but for some reason showed in black-and-white when running it through Decktape.

I used the following to get colour emojis:

wget https://noto-website.storage.googleapis.com/pkgs/NotoColorEmoji-unhinted.zip && unzip NotoColorEmoji-unhinted.zip && rm NotoColorEmoji-unhinted.zip
docker run (...) -v `pwd`:/home/node/.local/share/fonts (...)

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Right. Otherwise we can add an item in the FAQ.

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Sorry for the delayed answer 😞.

The Docker containers do not have access to fonts installed on the host. As you've noted, you'll have to mount a data volume pointing to ~/.local/share/fonts/.

Depending on your use case, one option that we may consider is to have some font packages pre-installed in the DeckTape Docker image for the most commonly used fonts.

Let me know your thoughts.

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Let me close this. Do not to re-open it if needed.

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@wietze thanks. I wonder if it would make sense to add these fonts to the Docker image.

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I agree it might be helpful to others too (e.g. I needed it to get the Georgia font working), however this sort of thing is always tricky when it comes to licences...

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