Partly in response to https://redd.it/7kqr5l

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

	<dir>~/.fonts</dir>

	<!--	do not use the embedded bitmap instead of the outline
		<https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fonts-conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+and+Ports>
		<https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=161609> post 2 (2013)
		<https://redd.it/7kqr5l> (2017) -->
	<match target="font">
		<edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign">
			<bool>false</bool>
		</edit>
	</match>

	<!--	prefer outline e.g. TrueType instead of bitmap fonts
		<https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=161609> post 2 (2013)
		<https://redd.it/4tb2dt> (2016) -->
	<match target="font">
		<edit name="prefer_outline">
			<bool>true</bool>
		</edit>
	</match>

	<!--	reject bitmap fonts, except Terminus - prefer PostScript, TrueType et cetera
		<https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/howto-nice-fonts.2021/> (2009)
		<https://redd.it/4tb2dt> (2016) -->
	<selectfont>
		<acceptfont>
			<pattern>
				<patelt name="family">
					<string>Terminus</string>
				</patelt>
			</pattern>
		</acceptfont>
		<rejectfont>
			<pattern>
				<patelt name="scalable">
					<bool>false</bool>
				</patelt>
			</pattern>
		</rejectfont>
	</selectfont>

</fontconfig>