--- /usr/portage/net-im/telegram-desktop/telegram-desktop-3.6.1-r1.ebuild	2022-04-25 04:11:16.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/local/portage/net-im/telegram-desktop/telegram-desktop-3.6.1-r2.ebuild	2022-04-27 01:02:35.145705644 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Copyright 2020-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+# re-enabling user choosen fonts is based on Arch's AUR
+#   https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?...
+#     h=telegram-desktop-userfonts&...
+#     id=cf5f652b57bb2978e2761b6b6bbcb668ab0ff1c5
+#
+# here we use the fontconfig use flag
+
 EAPI=8
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
@@ -17,7 +24,7 @@
 LICENSE="BSD GPL-3-with-openssl-exception LGPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc64 ~riscv"
-IUSE="+dbus enchant +hunspell +jemalloc screencast +spell wayland +X"
+IUSE="+dbus enchant +fontconfig +hunspell +jemalloc screencast +spell wayland +X"
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	spell? (
 		^^ ( enchant hunspell )
@@ -98,6 +105,16 @@
 	sed -i 's/DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED/NO_ONE_WILL_EVER_SET_THIS/' \
 		cmake/external/rlottie/CMakeLists.txt || die
 
+	if use fontconfig; then
+		# all files within that dir are referenced somewhere, hence we must
+		# not delete them
+		local ttf
+		for ttf in Telegram/lib_ui/fonts/*.ttf; do
+			rm "$ttf"
+			touch "$ttf"
+		done
+	fi
+
 	cmake_src_prepare
 }
 
@@ -117,6 +134,9 @@
 		# See files/tdesktop-*-jemalloc-optional.patch
 		-DDESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_JEMALLOC=$(usex !jemalloc)
 	)
+	if use fontconfig; then
+		mycmakeargs+=( -DDESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED_FONTS=OFF )
+	fi
 
 	if [[ -n ${MY_TDESKTOP_API_ID} && -n ${MY_TDESKTOP_API_HASH} ]]; then
 		einfo "Found custom API credentials"