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CrowGravel

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Font Configuration Problem [SOLVED]

Hello,

I'm trying to change my default monospace font. I placed the following text into /etc/fonts/local.conf:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
        <match target="pattern">
                <test qual="any" name="family">
                        <string>monospace</string>
                </test>
        </match>
        <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="same">
                <string>mononoki</string>
        </edit>
</fontconfig>

Then, I rebooted my computer, and nothing changed.

May I get some assistance?

Last edited by CrowGravel (2019-08-07 03:32:10)

seth

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Re: Font Configuration Problem [SOLVED]

Welcome to the forum.

a) please wrap file contents and shell output in "code" tags
b) the edit belongs into the match section
c) rather use

<?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
    <alias>
        <family>monospace</family>
        <prefer><family>mononoki</family></prefer>
    </alias>
</fontconfig>

c) rather add a high (99-*) file in /etc/fonts/conf.d/ or ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/ (depending on whether this is meant for the system or your user only)

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CrowGravel

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Re: Font Configuration Problem [SOLVED]

Fixed it. Thank you. Used suggestion b).

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Re: Font Configuration Problem [SOLVED]

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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CrowGravel

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Re: Font Configuration Problem [SOLVED]

Thanks. Will do.