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Cheers.
Mageia3b4 (via VirtualBox). I have an unknown font when displaying numbers (see attached picture)
and don´t know how and where to change it.
That´s displayed only when I am changing something in apps via SpinEdit box.
Any ideas?
Thanks, Milan

It would seem like it has to have something to do with "locale" options. What you are seeing displayed is classic (non-western) Arabic script. The digits are actually correct, readable, and make sense. The problem does not appear to me to be the font. The problem has to do with "locale", which encompasses more than just language or fonts. - George

Dumb question - what language is that on the screenshot except for the numbers - polish?
Please show the output of

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locale

as normal user.

Slovak

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$ locale
LANG=sk_SK.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=sk_SK.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=sk_SK.UTF-8
LC_TIME=sk_SK.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=sk_SK.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=sk_SK.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=sk_SK.UTF-8
LC_PAPER=sk_SK.UTF-8
LC_NAME=sk_SK.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=sk_SK.UTF-8
LC_TELEPHONE=sk_SK.UTF-8
LC_MEASUREMENT=sk_SK.UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION=sk_SK.UTF-8
LC_ALL=

It looks like arab-indi digit-set in localisation tab but I have set arabical digit-set.

If the problem is ONLY showing up as numerical, I can't see how that would be a font issue since a classic arabic font would affect both letters and numbers. Since everything looks OK on the system level, it *might* be an issue with locale within KDE as KDE does some locale manipulations independent of system locale. Make sure you check the "Input Devices" -> "Keyboard" and "Locale" tabs in "System Settigs" just to verify that everything is OK there.

System settings ->Application Appearance -> Country:Slovakia, Language:Slovak
MCC -> System -> Manage localisation -> Language:Slovak, Country:Slovak Republic
and now something interesting:
Applicatios launcher -> Regional settings (Locale drake) -> Language:Slovak, Country:Slovak Republic - now I have that indi-arabical numbers
and changing country:
Applicatios launcher -> Regional settings (Locale drake) -> Language:Slovak, Country:United States - now I have normal arabical numbers
Everytime I change country - but only via Applicatios launcher -> Regional settings not via MCC -> Manage localisation - this will change numbers.

Hmmm ... sounds like this may be an isolated bug in locale?

Should be reported as a bug against localedrake: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_report_a_bug_properly

OK - tomorrow.
Thank You both.

Bug 9688 - Wrong digit-set in localedrake for Slovak
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9688