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Date:      Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:25:07 +0100
From:      Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>
To:        Bertrand Petit <freebsd-hackers@phoe.frmug.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Thunderbird, ligatures, and "fixed-width" fonts
Message-ID:  <4210157e-6505-44a9-9cc0-bf48dac0cf25@quip.cz>
In-Reply-To: <20240116111919.GD14773@memo2.memo.frmug.org>
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On 16/01/2024 12:19, Bertrand Petit wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 11:46:54AM +0100, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
>>
>> Can this be placed as a separate file into /usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/?
>> This way it will not be overwritten by upgrade or another app.
> 
> 	Indeed, you can place the configuration file there. I would argue
> against it because the settings made there apply to all users, even non
> interactive ones such as daemons using fontconfig to serve bitmap content
> generated on the fly. For a desktop user, the best place is still a separate
> file located in any of the directories listed in
> /usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf. Contrary to fonts.conf, files you
> name yourself will probably not be altered by the desktop---if they are then
> its a bug.

Thank you for the clarification!

Kind regards
Miroslav Lachman





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