font substitution

[Gordon Schulz]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:14, Art Alexion <art.alexion at verizon.net> wrote:

> I recall a font substitution app is part of kcontrol which I can't find in 
> 3.5.9.
> 
> I have a decorative font that I am using for some designs that seems to get 
> used instead of Times New Roman in kmail and konqueror.  It is getting 
> annoying having to keep installing and removing this font.
> 
> How is font substitution now handled?
Don't know about that app in kcontrol... But you can always edit 
.fonts.conf in your $HOME directory.

This example replaces the Helvetica family with a prettier one - adjust
to your needs.

[---------cut----------------]
<match target="pattern" >
	<test name="family" qual="any" >
     		<string>Helvetica</string>
       	</test>
       	<edit mode="assign" name="family" >
		<string>Nimbus Sans</string>
	</edit>
</match>
[---------cut----------------]
-- 
Gordon.