How to configure default fonts?

spitemim · 2020-11-17 00:15:18

I have tried installing fonts, configuring them in ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf. I'm running Openbox.

GaKu999 · 2020-11-17 00:20:31

spitemim wrote:

I have tried installing fonts, configuring them in ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf. I'm running Openbox.

What fonts have you installed and what have you done with fonts.conf?
Aka, post fonts.conf.

Trilby · 2020-11-17 00:25:50

And what do you mean by "default fonts"? Default for what? What programs do you want to affect?

spitemim · 2020-11-17 02:58:42

GaKu999 wrote:

spitemim wrote:
I have tried installing fonts, configuring them in ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf. I'm running Openbox.
What fonts have you installed and what have you done with fonts.conf?
Aka, post fonts.conf.

I have installed Google Noto fonts.

Here is the output of cat ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf:

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>

 <alias>
  <family>sans-serif</family>
  <prefer>
   <family>Noto Sans</family>
  </prefer>
 </alias>

 <alias>
  <family>serif</family>
  <prefer>
   <family>Noto Serif</family>
  </prefer>
 </alias>

 <alias>
  <family>monospace</family>
  <prefer>
   <family>Noto Sans Mono</family>
  </prefer>
 </alias>

  <!-- Aliases for commonly used MS fonts. -->
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Arial</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Noto Sans</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Helvetica</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Noto Sans</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Verdana</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Noto Sans</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Tahoma</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Noto Sans</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <!-- Insert joke here -->
    <test name="family"><string>Comic Sans MS</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Noto Sans</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Times New Roman</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Noto Serif</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Times</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Noto Serif</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Courier New</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
      <string>Noto Sans Mono</string>
    </edit>

</fontconfig>

Last edited by spitemim (2020-11-17 03:00:47)

spitemim · 2020-11-17 03:03:08

Trilby wrote:

And what do you mean by "default fonts"? Default for what? What programs do you want to affect?

When I log into Openbox, my tint2 panel looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/hvncDeh.png

Other programs like Firefox and Kdenlive look like this when I start them, I can get Firefox looking decent after manual configuration but Kdenlive does not obey.

seth · 2020-11-17 08:07:34

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ault_fonts
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ti … figuration

Also the screenshot pretty much looks like Noto Sans - what makes you believe it's not.
If the problem is actually only about kdenlive, you'd have to make that clear - and illustrate the problem w/ a screenshot of it, not the stuff that works.

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#1 2020-11-17 00:15:18

How to configure default fonts?

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