Arch does not maintain a complete copy of all python scripts, the packages just include a post install step that uses sed to replace python with python2 in the shebang lines. For example see the PKGBUILD for Django:
https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/tr...
As for 3. adding /usr/share/fonts/local to the xserver's font path in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-fonts.conf does the trick. It's too bad there are no recursive search for font files.
As for 3. adding /usr/share/fonts/local to the xserver's font path in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-fonts.conf does the trick. It's too bad there are no recursive search for font files.
It's kind of explained here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts#Fonts_with_Xorg
It's too bad you got bitten by The Arch Way(tm) but some people like it.