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Fix apply_font to use a PangoFontDescription to get the requested font family name rather than just stripping any trailing digits from the full font string. This seemed to do the right thing for me for all fonts I tried, but it would be good if people who actually use custom fonts would give this a whirl. Fixes #5030

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