Josselin Mouette wrote: > cga wrote: > >> I am having major difficulties trying to configure fonts on a linux >> Debian/testing system. >> >> The main cause of the problem appears to be that gtk & kde >> applications now use fontconfig and everything relative to fonts >> becomes very difficult to configure if you do not want to use any of >> these two environments. I am unsure if this list is a suitable place >> to ask for advice on these matters..? > > > This has nothing to do with GTK+ nor with KDE. Maybe you can read > /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/README.Debian first, and then come back if > you have other questions. > > Regards, Thank you very much for your kind reply. I had read the above document - where I first learned about fontconfig, incidentally. I will follow your recommendation and do some further reading and possibly post a followup clarifying my "main cause of the problem.. etc." above. Thanks, Chris.