Compiling ESP32 S3 Box 3 fails and gives: Failed config Font is missing 791 glyphs

ESPHome
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Just installed the new ESPHome 2024.11.00
Home Assistant : 2024.11.2

Updating my ESP32 S3 Box 3 fails:
INFO ESPHome 2024.11.0
INFO Reading configuration /config/esphome/esp32-s3-box-3-054618.yaml...
INFO Updating https://github.com/esphome/esphome.git@pull/5230/head
INFO Updating https://github.com/jesserockz/esphome-components.git@None
WARNING GPIO0 is a strapping PIN and should only be used for I/O with care.
Attaching external pullup/down resistors to strapping pins can cause unexpected failures.
See https://esphome.io/guides/faq.html#why-am-i-getting-a-warning-about-strapping-pins
Failed config

font: [source /data/packages/dec89df9/esp32-s3-box-3/esp32-s3-box-3.yaml:618]
  
  Font Figtree@300@[email protected] is missing 791 glyphs:
      ũ (b'\\u0169')
      ơ (b'\\u01a1')
      ư (b'\\u01b0')
      Ά (b'\\u0386')
      Έ (b'\\u0388')
      Ό (b'\\u038c')
      ΐ (b'\\u0390')
      Α (b'\\u0391')
      Β (b'\\u0392')
      Γ (b'\\u0393')
      and 781 more.
  - file: 
      type: gfonts
      family: Figtree

Anyone a clue where to begin searching?

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Without your yaml, no clue.

3

You’re right, but my yaml is just a wrap around the one from github, so not very interesting

substitutions:
  name: esp32-s3-box-3-054618
  friendly_name: ESP32 S3 Box 3 Living
packages:
  esphome.voice-assistant: github://esphome/wake-word-voice-assistants/esp32-s3-box-3/esp32-s3-box-3.yaml@main
esphome:
  name: ${name}
  name_add_mac_suffix: false
  friendly_name: ${friendly_name}

# Enable logging
logger:

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  encryption:
    key: !secret api_Esp32-s3-box-3_encryption_key

ota:
  - platform: esphome
    password: !secret ota_Esp32-s3-box-3_password
    
wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password
  # for hidden ssids, this must be true
  fast_connect: true  

  # the normal nameofyourdevice.local isn't working, so take the hardcoded way
  manual_ip:
    static_ip: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
    gateway: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
    subnet: 255.255.255.0

  # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: "Esp32-S3-Box-3 Fallback Hotspot"
    password: "verysecret"

captive_portal:

This code in the github yaml gives the error:

font:
  - file:
      type: gfonts
      family: Figtree
      weight: 300
      italic: true
    glyphs: ${allowed_characters}
    id: font_request
    size: 15
  - file:
      type: gfonts
      family: Figtree
      weight: 300
    glyphs: ${allowed_characters}
    id: font_response
    size: 15
  - file:
      type: gfonts
      family: Figtree
      weight: 300
    glyphs: ${allowed_characters}
    id: font_timer
    size: 30

with

  # These unique characters have been extracted from every test file of every language available on https://github.com/home-assistant/intents (14 March 2024)
  allowed_characters: " !#%'()+,-./0123456789:;<>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWYZ[]_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}°²³µ¿ÁÂÄÅÉÖÚßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîðñòóôõöøùúûüýþāăąćčďĐđēėęěğĮįıļľŁłńňőřśšťũūůűųźŻżŽžơưșțΆΈΌΐΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΚΜΝΠΡΣΤΥΦάέήίαβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψωϊόύώАБВГДЕЖЗИКЛМНОПРСТУХЦЧШЪЭЮЯабвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыьэюяёђєіїјљњћאבגדהוזחטיכלםמןנסעפץצקרשת،ءآأإئابةتجحخدذرزسشصضطظعغفقكلمنهوىيٹپچڈکگںھہیےংকচতধনফবযরলশষস়ািু্చయలిెొ్ംഅആഇഈഉഎഓകഗങചജഞടഡണതദധനപഫബഭമയരറലളവശസഹാിീുൂെേൈ്ൺൻർൽൾაბგდევზთილმნოპრსტუფქყშჩცძჭხạảấầẩậắặẹẽếềểệỉịọỏốồổỗộớờởợụủứừửữựỳ—、一上不个中为主乾了些亮人任低佔何作供依侧係個側偵充光入全关冇冷几切到制前動區卧厅厨及口另右吊后吗启吸呀咗哪唔問啟嗎嘅嘛器圍在场執場外多大始安定客室家密寵对將小少左已帘常幫幾库度庫廊廚廳开式後恆感態成我戲戶户房所扇手打执把拔换掉控插摄整斯新明是景暗更最會有未本模機檯櫃欄次正氏水沒没洗活派温測源溫漏潮激濕灯為無煙照熱燈燥物狀玄现現瓦用發的盞目着睡私空窗立笛管節簾籬紅線红罐置聚聲脚腦腳臥色节著行衣解設調請謝警设调走路車车运連遊運過道邊部都量鎖锁門閂閉開關门闭除隱離電震霧面音頂題顏颜風风食餅餵가간감갔강개거게겨결경고공과관그금급기길깥꺼껐꼽나난내네놀누는능니다닫담대더데도동됐되된됨둡드든등디때떤뜨라래러렇렌려로료른를리림링마많명몇모무문물뭐바밝방배변보부불블빨뽑사산상색서설성세센션소쇼수스습시신실싱아안않알았애야어얼업없었에여연열옆오온완외왼요운움워원위으은을음의이인일임입있작잠장재전절정제져조족종주줄중줘지직진짐쪽차창천최추출충치침커컴켜켰쿠크키탁탄태탬터텔통트튼티파팬퍼폰표퓨플핑한함해했행혀현화활후휴힘，？"

Should this change be the reason? [font] Add support for "glyphsets" by paravoid · Pull Request #7429 · esphome/esphome · GitHub

I see that I am not the only one with this problem: Error when adopting the ESP32-S3-BOX-3B into Esphome · Issue #33 · esphome/wake-word-voice-assistants · GitHub

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I’m having exactly the same problem. At least this month it failed to build. Last month the .00 version caused my S3 Box to boot loop. At least this month I just have to wait for a fix, instead of manually installing an old version of ESPHome to downgrade the firmware on my S3 Box. I hope there’s a fix soon.

5

The fix is to not request glyphs that aren’t in the font. Just remove the lines like:

    glyphs: ${allowed_characters}

Or change the allowed characters to ones that are in the font.

[edited]

There are some issues around this, need to consider a better fix for the longer term. I’ll raise an issue for it.

Actually it turns out that the Figtree font only contains Latin characters anyway, so it’s pointless asking for any of the other languages.

So just removing the glyphs: key is the solution.

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7

Hi there,

I use exactly the same yaml and it was working for several months until ESPHome 2024.11.0 update.

So is the yaml the real problem or the update that broke something that was working before?

BR
René

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The yaml was requesting glyphs that were not in the font, so even though it appeared to be enabling all those characters, a substantial number would not have displayed if included in text. The recent update now regards this as a a build time error, since an inspection of the yaml would suggest you could use all those listed non-Latin characters, yet if they were used they would not have displayed. That’s misleading.

So the yaml was wrong, the error was previously ignored, now it’s not. So yes, that’s a breaking change.