[Fontconfig] What metric does fontconfig use to select a font

[Akira TAGOH]

That depends on what kind of the fontconfig configuration files you have.
you may get more information from the debugging log by setting the env var
like FC_DEBUG=4.

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Cyker Way <cykerway at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmm, it seems ~/.fonts.conf will be the first processed configurations. So
> this solution should work. Thanks.
>
> BTW, how does fontconfig sort the precedence of fonts according to the
> application request? If this question is not fully answered, maybe other
> problems will arise in the future. Do you have any idea on that?
>
>
> 2011/9/5 Raimund Steger <rs at mytum.de>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> > And what should I do to make sure one specific font will certainly be
>> > chosen
>> > when executing, say, 'fc-match sans'?
>>
>> maybe something like the following example in ~/.fonts.conf could work:
>>
>>  <match target="pattern">
>>    <test name="family" qual="all"><string>sans-serif</string></test>
>>    <edit mode="assign_replace" name="family">
>>      <string>Helvetica</string>
>>    </edit>
>>    <edit mode="assign_replace" name="foundry">
>>      <string>Adobe</string>
>>    </edit>
>>  </match>
>>
>> But I'm not sure if this is a good idea, since the font you choose might
>> only be suitable for a limited range of character sets. Maybe that could
>> be sorted out by adding additional "lang" tests...
>>
>> Raimund
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
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