[arch-general] Help with /etc/fonts.conf

[David Rosenstrauch]

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