Subj : fontconfig
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Victor Nazarov
Date : Sun Oct 10 2004 07:49 pm

Please suggest an apropriate fontconfig configuration (/etc/local.conf) 
for my Debian system.

I want a bitmap fonts to be selected prior to the scalable... So for 
example I want a family=Times:foundry=rfx to be selected as Serif font 
if the required and real font sizes are close. If sizes are different I 
want Times New Roman to be selected... How can I do it?

With my current configuration bitmap fonts are choosed in almost all 
cases. This leads to the wrong behavior of application for examples when 
  big scale is choosed in epiphany only space betwean lines is 
increased, not size of charecters...

Now I have the following configuration:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
   <include 
ignore_missing="yes">/var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/fonts.conf</include>
   <dir>/var/lib/sort-fonts</dir>
<!-- Uncomment below to enable subpixel rendering -->
<!--
   <match target="font">
     <test qual="all" name="rgba">
       <const>unknown</const>
     </test>
     <edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit>
   </match>
-->
   <match target="pattern">
         <edit name="scalable" mode="prepend">
                 <bool>False</bool>
         </edit>
         <edit name="foundry" mode="prepend">
                 <string>rfx</string>
         </edit>
   </match>

   <match target="pattern">
         <test qual="any" name="family" compare="eq">
             <string>Monospace</string>
         </test>
         <edit name="family" mode="prepend">
                 <string>Courier</string>
         </edit>
   </match>
   <match target="pattern">
         <test qual="any" name="family" compare="eq">
             <string>sans-serif</string>
         </test>
         <edit name="family" mode="prepend">
                 <string>Helvetica</string>
         </edit>
   </match>
   <match target="pattern">
         <test qual="any" name="family" compare="eq">
             <string>sans</string>
         </test>
         <edit name="family" mode="prepend">
                 <string>Times</string>
         </edit>
   </match>



   <match target="font">
     <edit name="autohint" mode="assign_replace">
       <bool>true</bool>
     </edit>
     <edit name="dpi" mode="assign_replace">
       <double>81.</double>
     </edit>
   </match>

   <match target="font">
         <test qual="any" name="size" 
compare="less_eq"><double>8.</double></test>
<!--    <test qual="any" name="scalable" 
compare="eq"><bool>true</bool></test>-->
         <edit name="antialias" 
mode="assign_replace"><bool>true</bool></edit>
         <edit name="hinting" mode="assign_replace"><bool>true</bool></edit>
         <edit name="autohint" 
mode="assign_replace"><bool>true</bool></edit>
   </match>
   <match target="font">
         <test qual="any" name="size" 
compare="less"><double>14.</double></test>
         <test qual="any" name="size" 
compare="more"><double>8.</double></test>
<!--    <test qual="any" name="scalable" 
compare="eq"><bool>true</bool></test>-->
         <edit name="antialias" 
mode="assign_replace"><bool>false</bool></edit>
         <edit name="hinting" mode="assign_replace"><bool>true</bool></edit>
         <edit name="autohint" 
mode="assign_replace"><bool>true</bool></edit>
   </match>
   <match target="font">
         <test qual="any" name="size" 
compare="more_eq"><double>14.</double></test>
         <test qual="any" name="scalable" 
compare="eq"><bool>true</bool></test>
         <edit name="antialias" 
mode="assign_replace"><bool>true</bool></edit>
         <edit name="hinting" 
mode="assign_replace"><bool>false</bool></edit>
         <edit name="autohint" 
mode="assign_replace"><bool>false</bool></edit>
   </match>

</fontconfig>

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