Re: TW fontconfig 2.18 switch of default fonts to liberation-xyz [work-around]

David C Rankin composed on 2026-06-16 22:40 (UTC-0500):
 
>    I don't know why the change to font-selection in font-config was 
> made, but it is a prime, glowing example of "If it ain't broke DON'T FIX 
> IT!"

I fixed mine quite some years ago:
# ls -Gg /etc/fonts/conf.d/*post*
-rw-rw-r-- 3 9783 Oct 13  2012 /etc/fonts/conf.d/55-post-user.conf
-rw-rw-r-- 3 9783 Oct 13  2012 /etc/fonts/conf.d/57-post-user.conf
-rw-rw-r-- 3 9783 Oct 13  2012 /etc/fonts/conf.d/59-post-user.conf
# grep -A6 serif\< /etc/fonts/conf.d/57-post-user.conf
                <family>serif</family>
                <prefer>
                        <family>Droid Serif</family>
                        <family>Thorndale AMT</family>
                        <family>Times New Roman</family>
                        <family>Liberation Serif</family>
                        <family>Nimbus Roman No9 L</family>
--
                <family>sans-serif</family>
                <prefer>
                        <family>Droid Sans</family>
                        <family>Albany AMT</family>
                        <family>Arial</family>
                        <family>Liberation Sans</family>
                        <family>Nimbus Sans L</family>
# :)
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