Fontconfig - Nov 2005 - Seeking to override fonts in ~/.fonts.conf.

On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 11:13 -0500, Philippe Anctil wrote:

*snip*
> 
> Here are some pages I''m using to see if my preferred fonts are
used:
> http://www.gtk.org/faq/ - Uses helvetica by default. My override worked.
> http://winehq.org/ - Uses bitstream vera sans, which I''m unable to
override.
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/4/i386/ - Uses 
> lucida sans. I''m unable to override it.
*snip*

My understanding is that aliasing only works if the real font is not
available. So if bitstream vera sans is installed, it will be used.

You may be able to blacklist bitstream vera sans.

>From: "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters@mac.com>
>On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 11:13 -0500, Philippe Anctil wrote:
>
> > Here are some pages I''m using to see if my preferred fonts
are used:
> > http://www.gtk.org/faq/ - Uses helvetica by default. My override
worked.
> > http://winehq.org/ - Uses bitstream vera sans, which I''m
unable to
>override.
> > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/4/i386/ -
Uses
> > lucida sans. I''m unable to override it.
>
>My understanding is that aliasing only works if the real font is not
>available. So if bitstream vera sans is installed, it will be used.
>
>You may be able to blacklist bitstream vera sans.
>
In my ~/.fonts.conf, I have defined the following:

<alias>
  <family>helvetica</family>
  <family>Luxi Sans</family>
  <family>lucida</family>
  <family>Bitstream Vera Sans</family>
  <prefer>
   <family>sans-serif</family>
  </prefer>
</alias>

<alias>
  <family>sans-serif</family>
  <prefer>
   <family>verdana</family>
  </prefer>
</alias>

Helvetica gets replaced by verdana without problems.
Luxi gets replaced by some font, but not verdana.
Bitstream stays the same.
Lucida always look the same as my prefered sans-serif font, even if I remove 
it from the above rule.

Do you understand this behavior? I can''t get font substitution to work 
"properly".

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

There are some fonts which I''d like to override for Arial. I have
succeeded
doing that with Helvetica by adding the following in my ~/.fonts.conf:

<alias>
  <family>helvetica</family>
  <prefer><family>arial</family></prefer>
  <default><family>arial</family></default>
</alias>

This trick does not appear to be working for "lucida sans" dans
"bitstream
vera sans". I wonder why. Am I using the right syntax or is there a better 
way to reach my goal?

Here are some pages I''m using to see if my preferred fonts are used:
http://www.gtk.org/faq/ - Uses helvetica by default. My override worked.
http://winehq.org/ - Uses bitstream vera sans, which I''m unable to
override.
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/4/i386/ - Uses 
lucida sans. I''m unable to override it.

I also have the impression my antialiasing settings aren''t applied on
lucida
and bistream fonts, ie the shouldn''t be aliased since same size arial
does
not get aliased.

Thanks!