My fonts.conf file to show a correct example.

fonts.conf (text/plain), 6.66 KB, created by Tony Murray on 2002-10-26 07:08:34 UTC

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- /etc/fonts.conf file to configure system font access -->
<fontconfig>

<!--
	The intent of this standard configuration file is to be adequate for
	most environments.  If you have a reasonably normal environment and
	have found problems with this configuration, they are probably
	things that others will also want fixed.  Please send any suggested
	changes to [e-mail] so that future releases can include
	such changes.

	Keith Packard
-->

<!-- Font directory list configured on Sat Oct 26 06:30:07 Local time zone must be set see zic manual page 2002 -->


	<dir>/usr/share/fonts</dir>
	<dir>~/.fonts</dir>
	<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/</dir>
	<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local</dir>
	<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc</dir>
	<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1</dir>
	<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo</dir>
	<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi</dir>
	<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi</dir>
	<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/sharefont</dir>
	<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont</dir>

<!--
  Enable sub-pixel rendering
	<match target="font">
		<edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit>
	</match>
-->

<!--
  Accept deprecated 'mono' alias, replacing it with 'monospace'
-->
	<match target="pattern">
		<test qual="any" name="family">
			<string>mono</string>
		</test>
		<edit name="family" mode="assign">
			<string>monospace</string>
		</edit>
	</match>

<!--
  Accept alternate 'sans serif' spelling, replacing it with 'sans-serif'
-->
	<match target="pattern">
		<test qual="any" name="family">
			<string>sans serif</string>
		</test>
		<edit name="family" mode="assign">
			<string>sans-serif</string>
		</edit>
	</match>

<!--
  Accept deprecated 'sans' alias, replacing it with 'sans-serif'
-->
	<match target="pattern">
		<test qual="any" name="family">
			<string>sans</string>
		</test>
		<edit name="family" mode="assign">
			<string>sans-serif</string>
		</edit>
	</match>

<!--
  Mark common families with their generics so we'll get
  something reasonable
-->

<!--
  Serif faces
 -->
	<alias>
		<family>Times</family>
		<family>Times New Roman</family>
		<family>Nimbus Roman No9 L</family>
		<family>Luxi Serif</family>
		<family>Kochi Mincho</family>
		<family>AR PL SungtiL GB</family>
		<family>AR PL Mingti2L Big5</family>
		<family>Baekmuk Batang</family>			
		<default><family>serif</family></default>
	</alias>
<!--
  Sans-serif faces
 -->
	<alias>
		<family>Helvetica</family>
		<family>Arial</family>
		<family>Verdana</family>
		<family>Nimbus Sans L</family>
		<family>Luxi Sans</family>
		<family>Kochi Gothic</family>
		<family>AR PL KaitiM GB</family>
		<family>AR PL KaitiM Big5</family>
		<family>Baekmuk Dotum</family>
		<family>SimSun</family>
		<default><family>sans-serif</family></default>
	</alias>
<!--
  Monospace faces
 -->
 	<alias>
		<family>Courier</family>
		<family>Courier New</family>
		<family>Andale Mono</family>
		<family>Luxi Mono</family>
		<family>Nimbus Mono L</family>
		<family>NSimSun</family>
		<default><family>monospace</family></default>
	</alias>
<!--
  If the font still has no generic name, add sans-serif
 -->
	<match target="pattern">
		<test qual="all" name="family" compare="not_eq">
			<string>sans-serif</string>
		</test>
		<test qual="all" name="family" compare="not_eq">
			<string>serif</string>
		</test>
		<test qual="all" name="family" compare="not_eq">
			<string>monospace</string>
		</test>
		<edit name="family" mode="append_last">
			<string>sans-serif</string>
		</edit>
	</match>
	
<!--
  Load per-user customization file
-->
	<include ignore_missing="yes">~/.fonts.conf</include>

<!--
  Load local system customization file
-->
	<include ignore_missing="yes">local.conf</include>

<!--
  Alias well known font names to available TrueType fonts
-->
	<alias>
		<family>Times</family>
		<accept><family>Times New Roman</family></accept>
	</alias>
	<alias>
		<family>Helvetica</family>
		<accept><family>Verdana</family></accept>
	</alias>
	<alias>
		<family>Arial</family>
		<accept><family>Verdana</family></accept>
	</alias>
	<alias>
		<family>Courier</family>
		<accept><family>Courier New</family></accept>
	</alias>

<!--
  Provide required aliases for standard names
-->
	<alias>
		<family>serif</family>
		<prefer>
			<family>Times New Roman</family>
			<family>Nimbus Roman No9 L</family>
			<family>Luxi Serif</family>
			<family>Times</family>
			<family>Kochi Mincho</family>
			<family>AR PL SungtiL GB</family>
			<family>AR PL Mingti2L Big5</family>
			<family>Baekmuk Batang</family>			
		</prefer>
	</alias>
	<alias>
		<family>sans-serif</family>
		<prefer>
			<family>Verdana</family>
			<family>Nimbus Sans L</family>
			<family>Luxi Sans</family>
			<family>Arial</family>
			<family>Helvetica</family>
			<family>Kochi Gothic</family>
			<family>AR PL KaitiM GB</family>
			<family>AR PL KaitiM Big5</family>
			<family>Baekmuk Dotum</family>
			<family>SimSun</family>
		</prefer>
	</alias>
	<alias>
		<family>monospace</family>
		<prefer>
			<family>Andale Mono</family>
			<family>Courier New</family>
			<family>Luxi Mono</family>
			<family>Nimbus Mono L</family>
			<family>Kochi Gothic</family>
			<family>AR PL KaitiM GB</family>
			<family>Baekmuk Dotum</family>
		</prefer>
	</alias>

<!-- 
 Artificial oblique for fonts without an italic or oblique version
 -->
 
	<match target="font">
		<!-- check to see if the font is roman -->
		<test name="slant">
			<const>roman</const>
		</test>
		<!-- check to see if the pattern requested non-roman -->
		<test target="pattern" name="slant" compare="not_eq">
			<const>roman</const>
		</test>
		<!-- multiply the matrix to slant the font -->
		<edit name="matrix" mode="assign">
			<times>
				<name>matrix</name>
				<matrix><double>1</double><double>.2</double>
					<double>0</double><double>1</double>
				</matrix>
			</times>
		</edit>
		<!-- pretend the font is oblique now -->
		<edit name="slant" mode="assign">
			<const>oblique</const>
		</edit>
	</match>

	<config>
<!--
  These are the default Unicode chars that are expected to be blank
  in fonts.  All other blank chars are assumed to be broken and
  won't appear in the resulting charsets
 -->
		<blank>
			<int>0x20</int>		<!-- space -->
			<int>0xa0</int>		<!-- nsbp  -->
			<int>0x2000</int>	<!-- general punctuation spaces -->
			<int>0x2001</int>
			<int>0x2002</int>
			<int>0x2003</int>
			<int>0x2004</int>
			<int>0x2005</int>
			<int>0x2005</int>
			<int>0x2006</int>
			<int>0x2007</int>
			<int>0x2008</int>
			<int>0x2009</int>
			<int>0x200a</int>
			<int>0x200b</int>
			<int>0x3000</int>	<!-- CJK space -->
		</blank>
<!--
  Rescan configuration every 30 seconds when FcFontSetList is called
 -->
		<rescan>
			<int>30</int>
		</rescan>
	</config>

</fontconfig>