Can not build website locally due to missing font source in ogimage template

[yuvipanda]

I'm trying to build the website off a clean checkout in main and it's failing:

$ ./hugo
Start building sites … 
hugo v0.109.0-47b12b83e636224e5e601813ff3e6790c191e371+extended darwin/arm64 BuildDate=2022-12-23T10:38:11Z VendorInfo=gohugoio
ERROR 2024/01/11 22:36:44 render of "page" failed: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/wowchemy/[email protected]/layouts/_default/baseof.html:7:3": execute of template failed: template: widget_page/single.html:7:3: executing "widget_page/single.html" at <partial "site_head" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/wowchemy/[email protected]/layouts/partials/site_head.html:191:5": execute of template failed: template: partials/site_head.html:191:5: executing "partials/site_head.html" at <partial "wowchemy_seo" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/[email protected]/layouts/partials/wowchemy_seo.html:6:3": execute of template failed: template: partials/wowchemy_seo.html:6:3: executing "partials/wowchemy_seo.html" at <partial "seo_tags" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/[email protected]/layouts/partials/seo_tags.html:61:22": execute of template failed: template: partials/seo_tags.html:61:22: executing "partials/seo_tags.html" at <partial "functions/get_featured_image.html" .>: error calling partial: "/Users/yuvipanda/code/2i2c-org.github.io/layouts/partials/functions/get_featured_image.html:31:11": execute of template failed: template: partials/functions/get_featured_image.html:31:11: executing "partials/functions/get_featured_image.html" at <partial "partials/ogimage.html" .>: error calling partial: "/Users/yuvipanda/code/2i2c-org.github.io/layouts/partials/ogimage.html:10:39": execute of template failed: template: partials/ogimage.html:10:39: executing "partials/ogimage.html" at <images.Text>: error calling Text: invalid text font source: <nil>
ERROR 2024/01/11 22:36:44 render of "page" failed: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/wowchemy/[email protected]/layouts/_default/baseof.html:7:3": execute of template failed: template: widget_page/single.html:7:3: executing "widget_page/single.html" at <partial "site_head" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/wowchemy/[email protected]/layouts/partials/site_head.html:191:5": execute of template failed: template: partials/site_head.html:191:5: executing "partials/site_head.html" at <partial "wowchemy_seo" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/[email protected]/layouts/partials/wowchemy_seo.html:6:3": execute of template failed: template: partials/wowchemy_seo.html:6:3: executing "partials/wowchemy_seo.html" at <partial "seo_tags" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/[email protected]/layouts/partials/seo_tags.html:61:22": execute of template failed: template: partials/seo_tags.html:61:22: executing "partials/seo_tags.html" at <partial "functions/get_featured_image.html" .>: error calling partial: "/Users/yuvipanda/code/2i2c-org.github.io/layouts/partials/functions/get_featured_image.html:31:11": execute of template failed: template: partials/functions/get_featured_image.html:31:11: executing "partials/functions/get_featured_image.html" at <partial "partials/ogimage.html" .>: error calling partial: "/Users/yuvipanda/code/2i2c-org.github.io/layouts/partials/ogimage.html:10:39": execute of template failed: template: partials/ogimage.html:10:39: executing "partials/ogimage.html" at <images.Text>: error calling Text: invalid text font source: <nil>
ERROR 2024/01/11 22:36:44 render of "page" failed: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/wowchemy/[email protected]/layouts/_default/baseof.html:7:3": execute of template failed: template: widget_page/single.html:7:3: executing "widget_page/single.html" at <partial "site_head" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/wowchemy/[email protected]/layouts/partials/site_head.html:191:5": execute of template failed: template: partials/site_head.html:191:5: executing "partials/site_head.html" at <partial "wowchemy_seo" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/[email protected]/layouts/partials/wowchemy_seo.html:6:3": execute of template failed: template: partials/wowchemy_seo.html:6:3: executing "partials/wowchemy_seo.html" at <partial "seo_tags" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/[email protected]/layouts/partials/seo_tags.html:61:22": execute of template failed: template: partials/seo_tags.html:61:22: executing "partials/seo_tags.html" at <partial "functions/get_featured_image.html" .>: error calling partial: "/Users/yuvipanda/code/2i2c-org.github.io/layouts/partials/functions/get_featured_image.html:31:11": execute of template failed: template: partials/functions/get_featured_image.html:31:11: executing "partials/functions/get_featured_image.html" at <partial "partials/ogimage.html" .>: error calling partial: "/Users/yuvipanda/code/2i2c-org.github.io/layouts/partials/ogimage.html:10:39": execute of template failed: template: partials/ogimage.html:10:39: executing "partials/ogimage.html" at <images.Text>: error calling Text: invalid text font source: <nil>
ERROR 2024/01/11 22:36:44 render of "page" failed: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/wowchemy/[email protected]/layouts/_default/baseof.html:7:3": execute of template failed: template: widget_page/single.html:7:3: executing "widget_page/single.html" at <partial "site_head" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/wowchemy/[email protected]/layouts/partials/site_head.html:191:5": execute of template failed: template: partials/site_head.html:191:5: executing "partials/site_head.html" at <partial "wowchemy_seo" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/[email protected]/layouts/partials/wowchemy_seo.html:6:3": execute of template failed: template: partials/wowchemy_seo.html:6:3: executing "partials/wowchemy_seo.html" at <partial "seo_tags" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/[email protected]/layouts/partials/seo_tags.html:61:22": execute of template failed: template: partials/seo_tags.html:61:22: executing "partials/seo_tags.html" at <partial "functions/get_featured_image.html" .>: error calling partial: "/Users/yuvipanda/code/2i2c-org.github.io/layouts/partials/functions/get_featured_image.html:31:11": execute of template failed: template: partials/functions/get_featured_image.html:31:11: executing "partials/functions/get_featured_image.html" at <partial "partials/ogimage.html" .>: error calling partial: "/Users/yuvipanda/code/2i2c-org.github.io/layouts/partials/ogimage.html:10:39": execute of template failed: template: partials/ogimage.html:10:39: executing "partials/ogimage.html" at <images.Text>: error calling Text: invalid text font source: <nil>
Error: Error building site: failed to render pages: render of "page" failed: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/wowchemy/[email protected]/layouts/_default/baseof.html:7:3": execute of template failed: template: _default/single.html:7:3: executing "_default/single.html" at <partial "site_head" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/wowchemy/[email protected]/layouts/partials/site_head.html:191:5": execute of template failed: template: partials/site_head.html:191:5: executing "partials/site_head.html" at <partial "wowchemy_seo" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/[email protected]/layouts/partials/wowchemy_seo.html:6:3": execute of template failed: template: partials/wowchemy_seo.html:6:3: executing "partials/wowchemy_seo.html" at <partial "seo_tags" .>: error calling partial: "/var/folders/p4/gnx7h_mj73v92nj_v93475v80000gn/T/hugo_cache/modules/filecache/modules/pkg/mod/github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/modules/[email protected]/layouts/partials/seo_tags.html:61:22": execute of template failed: template: partials/seo_tags.html:61:22: executing "partials/seo_tags.html" at <partial "functions/get_featured_image.html" .>: error calling partial: "/Users/yuvipanda/code/2i2c-org.github.io/layouts/partials/functions/get_featured_image.html:31:11": execute of template failed: template: partials/functions/get_featured_image.html:31:11: executing "partials/functions/get_featured_image.html" at <partial "partials/ogimage.html" .>: error calling partial: "/Users/yuvipanda/code/2i2c-org.github.io/layouts/partials/ogimage.html:10:39": execute of template failed: template: partials/ogimage.html:10:39: executing "partials/ogimage.html" at <images.Text>: error calling Text: invalid text font source: <nil>
Total in 368 ms

This is with the version of hugo specified in netlify.toml and the GitHub action:

hugo v0.109.0-47b12b83e636224e5e601813ff3e6790c191e371+extended darwin/arm64 BuildDate=2022-12-23T10:38:11Z VendorInfo=gohugoio

Using a newer hugo (v0.120) also fails.

[yuvipanda]

This is a problem because I'd like to publish this blog post but can't: #205

[yuvipanda]

Ah, so it works on netlify but not locally or on GH actions

[yuvipanda]

This is less urgent now, because I can use the netlify previews to see it. Still something we should fix one way or another though.

[choldgraf]

Just providing some quick diagnosis since I'm the one that wrote a lot of that infrastructure:

It looks like the failure is related to this template:

https://github.com/2i2c-org/2i2c-org.github.io/blob/main/layouts/partials/ogimage.html

This is the template that defines the "social preview" image for each page. It takes our blank .png and adds text on top of it with the "filter" function. Within that, the function that seems to be breaking is this one:

https://gohugo.io/functions/images/text/

The error seems to be related to the attempt to load a font ( error calling Text: invalid text font source: <nil>). And if you check the URL of the font, it looks like it has changed, so I think that is the issue:

https://github.com/2i2c-org/2i2c-org.github.io/blob/d91f8072ac678742f6c330befd6e9e903f891592/layouts/partials/ogimage.html#L6C1-L6C1

{{ $font_roboto_medium := "https://github.com/google/fonts/raw/main/apache/roboto/static/Roboto-Medium.ttf" }}

So I think we just need to figure out wherever the .ttf files got moved to, or get a more reliable source of the .ttf file for Roboto-Medium

Here's the PR where they moved it:

• Roboto: Version 3.008; 2023 added google/fonts#6943