David C. Rankin wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
I have several additional fonts in /usr/local/share/fonts that I want configured for the system. I found /etc/fonts/fonts.conf and /etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf, but I'm unsure about the placement of my <dir></dir> location in the local.conf file. Currently I have chosen:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <fontconfig> <!-- Load local system customization file --> <include ignore_missing="yes">local.conf</include> <dir>/usr/local/share/fonts</dir> </fontconfig>
My question is "does it matter whether the <dir> statement comes before or after the <include> and what do I need to do after I add the <dir> statement in 51-local.conf to make the system create a new font config?
I found additional information and things seem to be working great. Following http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg_Font_Configuration after adding my <dir> statement as shown above, I ran:
# fc-cache -fv <snip> /usr/local/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 46 fonts, 0 dirs
So it looks like its pickup up my fonts. I ran through the rest of the wiki and all is good!
Just a heads up - it's probably a bad idea to edit the /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file directly, as per both the wiki page ("fonts.conf should never be changed, and all changes should be done in local.conf (for system wide changes) or ~/.fonts.conf (for user based changes)") and the fonts.conf file itself ("DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE. IT WILL BE REPLACED WHEN FONTCONFIG IS UPDATED.") DR