Re: Font substitution in Konqueror?

[Matej Cepl <cepl@surfbest.net>]

Josh Metzler wrote:
> 
> I don't really know if this will work, but looking in
> /etc/fonts/fonts.conf,
> I see "Alias well known font names to available TrueType fonts".    This
> seems to be allowing Times to be replaced by Times New Roman, Helvetica
> and
> Arial by Verdana, and Courier by Courier New.  I think these are all fonts
> from msttcorefonts.
> 
> So, maybe you could add similar lines in local.conf but with the Bitstream
> Vera fonts as replacements?

There seems to be some relevant discussion of this at

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-i18n-list/2004-August/msg00018.html

(although in GNOME context), but I have no clue whether it helps. Let us
know if you find a solution.

Matej

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