>From: "Michael A. Peters" <mpeters@xxxxxxx> >On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 11:13 -0500, Philippe Anctil wrote: > > > Here are some pages I'm using to see if my preferred fonts are used: > > http://www.gtk.org/faq/ - Uses helvetica by default. My override worked. > > http://winehq.org/ - Uses bitstream vera sans, which I'm unable to >override. > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/4/i386/ - Uses > > lucida sans. I'm unable to override it. > >My understanding is that aliasing only works if the real font is not >available. So if bitstream vera sans is installed, it will be used. > >You may be able to blacklist bitstream vera sans. > In my ~/.fonts.conf, I have defined the following: <alias> <family>helvetica</family> <family>Luxi Sans</family> <family>lucida</family> <family>Bitstream Vera Sans</family> <prefer> <family>sans-serif</family> </prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>sans-serif</family> <prefer> <family>verdana</family> </prefer> </alias> Helvetica gets replaced by verdana without problems. Luxi gets replaced by some font, but not verdana. Bitstream stays the same. Lucida always look the same as my prefered sans-serif font, even if I remove it from the above rule. Do you understand this behavior? I can't get font substitution to work "properly". Thanks!
