Fontconfig - Nov 2005 - Nimbus Sans Condensed being selected over Nimbus Sans

> > How do I specify this in .fonts.conf. <prefer> only sems to work
with
> > font familes, not styles.
>
> You could add a specific style name to the pattern, but you''d have
to be
> very careful as it will compare the whole string.  Look over the match/edit
> rules in the fontconfig user documentation (linked from the
> http://fontconfig.org page)
So I tried this:

<match target="pattern">
                <test qual="any" name="style"
compare="not_eq">
                        <string>Regular</string>
                </test>
                <edit name="style"
mode="assign_replace">
                        <string>Regular</string>
                </edit>
</match>

Just hoping to always get Regular, as a start. How can I debug that this is 
doing anything? Running fc-cache will parse the file (and complain when I do 
something wrong.) But the KDE look is still condensed.

Thanks,

Frank

So I''m still trying to resolve the fact that "Nimbus Sans
L:style=Regular
Condensed" is being selected over "Nimbus Sans L:style=Regular".

I''ve put the following in my .fonts.conf and run fc-cache -f:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
        <match target="pattern">
                <test qual="any" name="style">
                        <string>Regular Condensed</string>
                </test>
                <edit name="style" mode="assign">
                        <string>Regular</string>
                </edit>
        </match>
</fontconfig>

When I run abiword, any text that I type in the editor and select as Nimbus 
Sans L selects the non-condensed (regular) version. However, all the gtk 
widgets have the Condensed version.

I''ve tried running with FC_DEBUG=5, but I can''t understand
what I''m seeing. Is
this some situation where gtk is requesting "sans" and in the
substitutions,
my overwrite of Regular Condensed is being lost?

I''m not sure what GTK is asking for here, and my problem also extends 
thoughout KDE as well.

Thanks for any help,

Frank

Around 17 o''clock on Apr 24, Frank Murphy wrote:
> With KDE on Debian sid, all the "helvetica" fonts are grabbing
Nimbus Sans,
> as expected. However, it is grabbing Nimbus Sans:style=Regular Condesed.
> I''d prefer Nimbus Sans:style=Regular if condensed isn''t
requested.
Type1 fonts don''t appear to include a field specifically indicating the
width of the font (normal, condensed, etc).  This makes it hard to select 
the right font in this case.

The best solution would be to modify fontconfig to try and extract width 
information from the style field.  This would then let fontconfig''s
normal
pattern matching prefer the regular width font.
> How do I specify this in .fonts.conf. <prefer> only sems to work with
font
> familes, not styles.
You could add a specific style name to the pattern, but you''d have to
be
very careful as it will compare the whole string.  Look over the match/edit
rules in the fontconfig user documentation (linked from the 
http://fontconfig.org page)

-keith

With KDE on Debian sid, all the "helvetica" fonts are grabbing Nimbus
Sans, as
expected. However, it is grabbing Nimbus Sans:style=Regular Condesed.
I''d
prefer Nimbus Sans:style=Regular if condensed isn''t requested.

How do I specify this in .fonts.conf. <prefer> only sems to work with font
familes, not styles.

Thanks,

Frank