+ /* Do not allow using color fonts. This is a workaround for a BadLength
+ * error from Xft with color glyphs. Modelled on the Xterm workaround. See
+ * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498269
+ * https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1701/30932.html
+ * https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916349
+ * and lots more all over the internet.
+ */
+ FcBool iscol;
+ if(FcPatternGetBool(xfont->pattern, FC_COLOR, 0, &iscol) == FcResultMatch && iscol) {
+ XftFontClose(drw->dpy, xfont);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+