Re: Overriding (or getting rid of) Helvetica
* Roberto C. Sanchez <roberto@familiasanchez.net> [2005 Nov 01 20:15 -0600]:
>
> If this is ony annyong you or causing problems when you browse the web,
> then you should probably make the change in your userContent.css (at
> least for Mozilla and Firefox). I am sure that other browsers use the
> same mechanism or a similar one.
The solution I found was to create /etc/fonts/local.conf and put some
alias sections in it. The helpful section looks like thus:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- /etc/fonts/local.conf file to configure system font access -->
<fontconfig>
<match target="pattern">
<test qual="any" name="family">
<string>Helvetica</string>
</test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign">
<string>Arial</string>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
This has corrected the issue I had with Firefox and partially with
Konqueror although it has certain areas that still use a blocky font.
I don't use Konqy enough to matter, but I mention it for others.
I found this easier to implement than trying to sort out
userContent.css although I have mucked with it in the past.
- Nate >>
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