@@ -, +, @@ 
  https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589890
--- a/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf	
+++ a/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf	
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ but in an order preferring similar designs first.  We do this in three steps:
 NOTE: The (URW)++ fonts mappings of generics to specifics were removed, because
       upstream now includes them in their release of (URW)++ Core Font Set here:
       https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/urw-base35-fonts/tree/master/fontconfig
+NOTE: As of 2018-04-16, media-fonts/urw-fonts does not supply these
+      mappings to fontconfig, so they were restored.
 -->
 
 <!-- Map specifics to generics -->
@@ -498,6 +500,8 @@ NOTE: The (URW)++ fonts mappings of generics to specifics were removed, because
 	  <family>Helvetica</family>
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Heros</family>
+	  <family>Nimbus Sans</family>
+	  <family>Nimbus Sans L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -505,6 +509,7 @@ NOTE: The (URW)++ fonts mappings of generics to specifics were removed, because
 	  <family>Helvetica Narrow</family>
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Heros Cn</family>
+	  <family>Nimbus Sans Narrow</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -512,6 +517,8 @@ NOTE: The (URW)++ fonts mappings of generics to specifics were removed, because
 	  <family>Times</family>
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Termes</family>
+	  <family>Nimbus Roman</family>
+	  <family>Nimbus Roman No9 L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -519,6 +526,9 @@ NOTE: The (URW)++ fonts mappings of generics to specifics were removed, because
 	  <family>Courier</family>
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Cursor</family>
+	  <family>Nimbus Mono PS</family>
+	  <family>Nimbus Mono</family>
+	  <family>Nimbus Mono L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -526,6 +536,8 @@ NOTE: The (URW)++ fonts mappings of generics to specifics were removed, because
 	  <family>ITC Avant Garde Gothic</family>
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Adventor</family>
+	  <family>URW Gothic</family>
+	  <family>URW Gothic L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -534,6 +546,9 @@ NOTE: The (URW)++ fonts mappings of generics to specifics were removed, because
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>Bookman Old Style</family>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Bonum</family>
+	  <family>URW Bookman</family>
+	  <family>Bookman URW</family>
+	  <family>URW Bookman L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -541,6 +556,9 @@ NOTE: The (URW)++ fonts mappings of generics to specifics were removed, because
 	  <family>ITC Zapf Chancery</family>
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Chorus</family>
+	  <family>Z003</family>
+	  <family>Chancery URW</family>
+	  <family>URW Chancery L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -549,6 +567,9 @@ NOTE: The (URW)++ fonts mappings of generics to specifics were removed, because
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>Palatino Linotype</family>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Pagella</family>
+	  <family>P052</family>
+	  <family>Palladio URW</family>
+	  <family>URW Palladio L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -557,6 +578,9 @@ NOTE: The (URW)++ fonts mappings of generics to specifics were removed, because
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>Century Schoolbook</family>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Schola</family>
+	  <family>C059</family>
+	  <family>Century SchoolBook URW</family>
+	  <family>Century Schoolbook L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
--- a/conf.d/30-urw-aliases.conf	
+++ a/conf.d/30-urw-aliases.conf	
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ 
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
+<fontconfig>
+<!--
+  URW provides metric and shape compatible fonts for some Adobe families.
+  Most of these are handled in 30-metric-aliases.conf.
+  -->
+	<alias binding="same">
+	  <family>Zapf Dingbats</family>
+	  <accept>
+	    <family>D050000L</family>
+	    <family>Dingbats</family>
+	  </accept>
+	</alias>
+	<alias binding="same">
+	  <family>ITC Zapf Dingbats</family>
+	  <accept>
+	    <family>D050000L</family>
+	    <family>Dingbats</family>
+	  </accept>
+	</alias>
+	<match target="pattern">
+	  <test name="family" compare="eq" ignore-blanks="true">
+	    <string>Symbol</string>
+	  </test>
+	  <edit name="family" mode="append" binding="same">
+	    <string>Standard Symbols PS</string>
+	  </edit>
+	  <edit name="family" mode="append" binding="same">
+	    <string>Standard Symbols L</string>
+	  </edit>
+	</match>
+</fontconfig>
--- a/conf.d/Makefile.am	
+++ a/conf.d/Makefile.am	
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ CONF_LINKS = \
 	10-hinting-$(PREFERRED_HINTING).conf	\
 	10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf \
 	20-unhint-small-vera.conf \
+	30-urw-aliases.conf \
 	30-metric-aliases.conf \
 	40-nonlatin.conf \
 	45-generic.conf \
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ template_DATA =				\
 	11-lcdfilter-light.conf		\
 	20-unhint-small-vera.conf	\
 	25-unhint-nonlatin.conf		\
+	30-urw-aliases.conf		\
 	30-metric-aliases.conf		\
 	40-nonlatin.conf		\
 	45-generic.conf			\