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Bug 289688 - media-libs/fontconfig: please split 30-metric-aliases.conf
Summary: media-libs/fontconfig: please split 30-metric-aliases.conf
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal
Assignee: Gentoo Fonts Team
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Reported: 2009-10-19 09:38 UTC by Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED)
Modified: 2015-04-18 12:38 UTC (History)
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Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-10-19 09:38:36 UTC
Might be a bit against upstream, maybe… but would it be possible to split that file into different aliases files?

Yesterday I was finally pissed off by a website that appeared with a tremendously stupid font, and noticed that instead of falling back to DejaVu Book (which is my serif choice), it stopped at Times, using the Nimbus font (which I very much dislike).

Now, I have no doubt that sometimes it's needed to have the proper font, but I sincerely would prefer not having Nimbus used anywhere… at the same time I guess some people really want Liberation fonts… right now one either have to accept both, none, or edit the file manually. Maybe splitting would be a good idea?

Thanks,
Diego
Comment 1 Ben de Groot (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2015-04-18 12:38:37 UTC
There are various ways around this, such as uninstalling fonts you dislike, disabling 30-metric-aliases.conf, writing your own override, etc.