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anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 3,059

[SOLVED] ~/.fonts.conf not working

I tried using this in my ~/.fonts.conf:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
    <!-- reject all bitmap fonts, with the exception of 'terminus' -->
    <selectfont>
        <acceptfont>
            <pattern>
                <patelt name="family"> <string>Terminus</string> </patelt>
            </pattern>
        </acceptfont>
        <rejectfont>
            <pattern>
                <patelt name="scalable"> <bool>false</bool> </patelt>
            </pattern>
        </rejectfont>
    </selectfont>
</fontconfig>

But it didn't seem to do anything; however, if I put it in a file inside /etc/fonts/conf.d then it works. I made sure to logout/reboot but it made no difference. The permissions on the file seem ok too:

-rw-r--r--  1 kevin users  518 Feb  1 05:25 .fonts.conf

Any ideas?

Last edited by anonymous_user (2012-02-01 20:29:04)

litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

Posts: 5,026

Re: [SOLVED] ~/.fonts.conf not working

I believe ~/.fonts.conf isn't loaded automatically if you don't have a symlink to it from /etc/fonts/conf.d/

(someone please correct me if i'm wrong)

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berbae

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From: France

Registered: 2007-02-12

Posts: 1,302

Re: [SOLVED] ~/.fonts.conf not working

Yes it's:

50-user.conf -> ../conf.avail/50-user.conf

in /etc/fonts/conf.d/

anonymous_user

Member

Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 3,059

Re: [SOLVED] ~/.fonts.conf not working

Thanks; it works now. BTW when was this change introduced?