~/.fonts.conf

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>


    <!-- Info:
    xeffects thread:  http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-511382.html
    http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XOrg_Font_Configuration
    http://antigrain.com/research/font_rasterization/index.html
    http://fontconfig.org/fontconfig-user.html
    -->


    <!-- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130466 -->
    <alias>
        <family>serif</family>
        <prefer>
            <family>DejaVu Serif</family>
            <family>Bitstream Vera Serif</family>
        </prefer>
    </alias>

    <alias>
        <family>sans-serif</family>
        <prefer>
            <family>DejaVu Sans</family>
            <family>Bitstream Vera Sans</family>
            <family>Verdana</family>
            <family>Arial</family>
        </prefer>
    </alias>

    <alias>
        <family>monospace</family>
        <prefer>
            <family>DejaVu Sans Mono</family>
            <family>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</family>
        </prefer>
    </alias>




    <!-- Reject bitmap fonts in favour of Truetype, Postscript, etc. -->
    <selectfont>
        <rejectfont>
            <pattern>
                <patelt name="scalable">
                    <bool>false</bool>
                </patelt>
            </pattern>
        </rejectfont>
    </selectfont>


    <!-- Replace Luxi Sans with a better-looking font - looks terrible at e.g. http://market-ticker.org/ -->
    <match name="family" target="pattern">
        <test name="family" qual="any">
            <string>Luxi Sans</string>
        </test>
        <edit name="family" mode="assign">
            <string>Liberation Sans</string>
        </edit>
    </match>



    <!-- To fix Calibri font - http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1045807#post1045807 and Japanese fonts - http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=91276 -->
    <match target="font">
        <edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign">
            <bool>false</bool>
        </edit>
    </match>


    <!-- Replace Calibri font - http://www.funtoo.org/css/article.css
    <match name="family" target="pattern">
        <test name="family" qual="any">
            <string>Calibri</string>
        </test>
        <edit name="family" mode="assign">
            <string>Trebuchet MS</string>
        </edit>
    </match>
     -->

    <match target="pattern" name="family">
        <test qual="any" name="family"><string>fixed</string></test>
        <edit name="family" mode="assign"><string>monospace</string></edit>
    </match>

    <!-- Ubuntu options:  lcdnone, lcddefault, lcdlight, lcdlegacy -->
    <!-- hintnone, hintslight, hintmedium, hintfull -->
    <!-- Keep autohint off -->
    <!-- Blurry fonts:  Try rgb, bgr, vrgb, vbgr for "rgba" -->
    <!-- Blurry:  http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-5060979.html#5060979 -->
    <match target="font">
        <edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit>
        <edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
        <edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
        <edit name="hinting" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
        <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign"><const>hintmedium</const></edit>
        <edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcddefault</const></edit>
    </match>



    <!-- http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=46480  Rubbish font anyway -->
    <!--
    <match target="pattern">
        <test name="family" compare="eq"><string>ProggyCleanTTSZ</string></test>
        <edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
        <edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
        <edit name="hinting" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
        <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign"><const>hintnone</const></edit>
    </match>
    -->
    <!-- The bold variant is ugly, so replace it
    <match target="pattern">
        <test name="family" qual="any" compare="eq"><string>ProggyCleanTTSZ</string></test>
        <test name="weight" compare="more"><const>medium</const></test>
        <edit name="family" mode="assign"><string>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</string></edit>
        <edit name="pixelsize" mode="assign"><double>10</double></edit>
    </match>
    -->


    <!-- Reduce hinting for bold fonts -->
    <match target="font">
        <test name="weight" compare="more"><const>medium</const></test>
        <edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
    </match>


    <!-- Greyscale for small fonts
    <match target="font">
        <test name="pixelsize" compare="less_eq"><double>7</double></test>
        <edit name="rgba"><const>none</const></edit>
    </match>
    -->



    <!-- Tweak Courier -->
    <match name="family" target="pattern">
        <test name="family" qual="any">
            <string>Courier</string>
        </test>
        <edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcdlegacy</const></edit>
    </match>

    <!-- Tweak Courier New -->
    <match name="family" target="pattern">
        <test name="family" qual="any">
            <string>Courier New</string>
        </test>
        <edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcdlegacy</const></edit>
    </match>





    <!-- From http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-511382-start-650.html
    To create difference between small Candara and small Candara bold -->
    <match name="family" target="pattern">
        <test name="family" qual="any">
            <string>Candara</string>
        </test>
        <test compare="less_eq" name="size">
            <double>10</double>
        </test>
        <test name="weight" compare="more">
            <const>medium</const>
        </test>
        <edit name="embolden" mode="assign">
            <bool>true</bool>
        </edit>
    </match>


    <!-- From http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=186789&page=7 -->
    <match target="font">
        <test compare="eq" name="family">
            <string>Consolas</string>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
            <const>hintslight</const>
        </edit>
    </match>

    <match target="font">
        <test compare="eq" name="family">
            <string>Inconsolata</string>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
            <const>hintslight</const>
        </edit>
    </match>


    <!-- From http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=233729 -->
    <match target="font">
        <test compare="eq" name="family">
            <string>Andale Mono</string>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
            <const>hintfull</const>
        </edit>
        <test compare="less" name="weight">
            <const>medium</const>
        </test>
        <test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
            <double>7</double>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
            <bool>false</bool>
        </edit>
    </match>

    <match target="font">
        <test compare="eq" name="family">
            <string>Arial</string>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
            <const>hintfull</const>
        </edit>
        <test compare="less" name="weight">
            <const>medium</const>
        </test>
        <test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
            <double>7</double>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
            <bool>false</bool>
        </edit>
    </match>

    <match target="font">
        <test compare="eq" name="family">
            <string>Comic Sans MS</string>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
            <const>hintfull</const>
        </edit>
        <test compare="less" name="weight">
            <const>medium</const>
        </test>
        <test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
            <double>7</double>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
            <bool>false</bool>
        </edit>
    </match>

    <match target="font">
        <test compare="eq" name="family">
            <string>Georgia</string>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
            <const>hintfull</const>
        </edit>
        <test compare="less" name="weight">
            <const>medium</const>
        </test>
        <test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
            <double>7</double>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
            <bool>false</bool>
        </edit>
    </match>

    <match target="font">
        <test compare="eq" name="family">
            <string>Impact</string>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
            <const>hintfull</const>
        </edit>
    </match>

    <match target="font">
        <test compare="eq" name="family">
            <string>Times New Roman</string>
        </test>
        <!-- Looks better with lcdlegacy, e.g. http://www.billiardworld.com/glossary.html -->
    <edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcdlegacy</const></edit>
        <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
            <const>hintfull</const>
        </edit>
    </match>

    <match target="font">
        <test compare="eq" name="family">
            <string>Trebuchet MS</string>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
            <const>hintfull</const>
        </edit>
        <test compare="less" name="weight">
            <const>medium</const>
        </test>
        <test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
            <double>7</double>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
            <bool>false</bool>
        </edit>
    </match>

    <match target="font">
        <test compare="eq" name="family">
            <string>Verdana</string>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
            <const>hintfull</const>
        </edit>
        <test compare="less" name="weight">
            <const>medium</const>
        </test>
        <test compare="less_eq" name="pixelsize">
            <double>7</double>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
            <bool>false</bool>
        </edit>
    </match>

    <match target="font">
        <test compare="eq" name="family">
            <string>Webdings</string>
        </test>
        <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
            <const>hintfull</const>
        </edit>
    </match>

</fontconfig>