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Font substitution with ~/.fonts.conf

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Mar 15, 202616615 views
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I'm trying using ~/.fonts.conf to replace Helvetica with Droid Sans, here's the content of the file: but no matter what, nothing seems to happen. I tried running fc-cache, I have checked in and I found which seems to explicitly call user specific configurations. What am I missing? Thanks EDIT: afte…

Error Output

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>Hel…

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Fix for: Font substitution with ~/.fonts.conf

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I think the binding attribute was missing in your configuration. (see also fonts-conf). Depending on your other configuration, a binding of "same" or "strong" might probably work, while "weak" might not give you what you want.

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