Akira TAGOH <akira@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> (3) Given two files that define the same font, say >> >> - /usr/share/fonts/truetype/foo.ttf: installed by the distro, >> lagging wrt its upstream developer, >> >> - ~/.local/share/fonts/foo.ttf: installed by the user, latest >> version from upstream, >> >> how will FcFontMatch, FcFontSort and FcFontList sort these files? >> Empirically, it seems that FcFontMatch and FcFontSort rank the >> user's file higher than the distro's, but I have no idea whether >> that's due to (a) the directory order in fonts.conf, (b) the font's >> :version attribute, (c) the font's coverage, (d) another >> well-defined quality of the font, or (e) sheer dumb luck. > > The latest one has a priority. It is measured by FC_FONTVERSION. If > both are the same, it is up to the order of <dir> elements. the first > one has a priority. Good to know! Is this by design (and did I miss the design document), or is this a corner case that Fontconfig might decide to handle differently someday? > Hope that helps, Tremendously so; thanks!
