[feisty] Monospace font is no longer Bitstream Vera Sans Mono (or DejaVu Sans Mono)?

[Matthew Flaschen]

Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 01:58:35AM -0400, Michael R. Head wrote:
>> I've noticed lately that the virtual Monospace font (as provited by
>> fontconfig, I guess) is returning something looking like Courier rather
>> than Bitstream Vera Sans Mono or DejaVu Sans Mono. I can't figure out
>> how to change this back so I get the nice looking sans mono fonts. 
>>
>> BTW, I'd rather fix this in fontconfig (or pango, maybe?) than in
>> gnome-font-properties.
> 
> I've heard that there's a font that is actually called 'Monospace' and
> that, if you install it, takes precedence over the usual aliases.
> 
> In a terminal window you can type
> 
>   $ fc-match monospace

Thanks.  I was just trying to find a good Serif font for a OO doc to be
printed (ended up with Century Schoolbook L, which is okay...), and was
wondering how to figure out which font was really being used.

Matt Flaschen