[Fontconfig] editing FcConfig in code
Idriss Fekir
mcsm224 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 12 00:12:45 UTC 2023
Hi,
Some fonts aren't matched by fontconfig correctly e.g: the Amber Whiskey
family has 4 faces Regular, Aged, Full Color, Shadow.
`fc-match "Amber Whiskey"` outputs "Aged" instead of "Regular", And
since Pango relies on fontconfig for that, it also exhibits the same
behavior (e.g: Inkscape an gimp, both rely on pango, would pick the
"Aged" variant). This could be worked around with a rule:
```
<match target="pattern">
<test name="family">
<string>Amber Whiskey</string>
</test>
<edit name="style">
<string>Regular</string>
</edit>
</match>
```
My question is how can i do that but in code (in C), that is
how can i check what fc-match would output, then if the output is wrong
add a rule like the following to the FcConfig?
I'm open to suggestions if there are better ways.
I did read the docs but i couldn't figure out how.
The man page for FcFontMatch says that it should only be called after
FcConfigSubstitute and FcDefaultSubstitute have been called for
the pattern, i don't understand what that means exactly.
Thanks a lot.
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