Incorrect display of Russian language with the correct font

Author: saivan4ickCreated Sep 14, 2026Updated Sep 15, 2026

Which ISO version are you using?

2026.09.01

The installation log

https://termbin.com/de62

describe the problem

Description of the issue

I installed the font Cyr-Sun16 and got incorrect display of Russian text. The same problem occurred when setting the same font in the settings archinstall. With other languages everything is fine, like Ukrainian.

Virtual machine config:

xml
<domain type="kvm">
  <name>my-arch-machine</name>
  ...
  </devices>
</domain>
bash
/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -name guest=my-arch-machine,debug-threads=on -object ...