Hi,
I maintain ttf-indic-fonts for the Debian Indic team (
http://debian-in.alioth.debian.org
).
A major problem I've been facing is to make sure that fonts from
ttf-indic-fonts is used in preference to ttf-freefonts for Indian
languages. I personally am using custom .fonts.conf files. One obvious
solution would be to put such fonts.conf files in /etc/fonts/conf.d
directory, but not being very familiar with fontconfig, I wonder if
there is any specific way to make fontconfig use a particular
fonts.conf for a particular locale ? Or will just putting in the
appropriate config files in /etc/fonts/conf.d work? Can other font
packagers please guide me on this problem ?
Assuming both fonts provide the same FontNames and you have some (not
purely subjective) grounds for considering your font superior, just
register it with defoma using a higher priority.
fontconfig.defoma will then make sure the symlinks in
/var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/ point to your version.
(defoma has lots of faults, but it does handle font conflicts fairly well)