The paths are better handled by defoma : dir "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont" dir "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" can both be replaced by dir "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" I also have the following line : dir "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID" HTH, -- Rémi Letot