Re: Where are printer fonts set in CUPS ?

[jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com>]

On 10/8/24 14:00, jeremy ardley wrote:
> How does CUPS select the font to use for text files and where can I edit 
> that if I need to change to a different default font or style

Responding to myself.

How to Change the Default Monospace Font:

If you want to change the default monospace font to something else 
(e.g., IBM Plex Mono or Courier), you can do so by creating or editing 
the local.conf file in the /etc/fonts/ directory.

# Check The existing default font

fc-match monospace
NotoSansMono-Regular.ttf: "Noto Sans Mono" "Regular"

# edit the configuration file

sudo nano /etc/fonts/local.conf

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <alias>
    <family>monospace</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>IBM Plex Mono</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>
</fontconfig>

# Refresh the cache

sudo fc-cache -f -v

# Check the default font has changed

fc-match monospace
IBMPlexMono-Regular.otf: "IBM Plex Mono" "Regular"

(It turns out that what I thought was IBM Plex was actually the quite 
similar Noto Sans Mono)