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diff --git a/guides/setups/fonts.md b/guides/setups/fonts.md deleted file mode 100644 index 30e7739..0000000 --- a/guides/setups/fonts.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,49 +0,0 @@ -Fonts I find useful, plus messy configuration details. - -# Symbola - -Symbola seems to cover most characters I care about (although it does -not handle fancy emoji ligatures), and new versions are released -fairly soon after each revision of the Unicode standard. - -Since distributions may not include the latest version, I often get it -directly from [the author's website](http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/). - -# Installing fonts with Fontconfig - -Gee, it sure is convenient to be able to install new fonts simply by -dropping them in `~/.fonts` and running `fc-cache`! - -`/etc/fonts/fonts.conf`: - - <!-- the following element will be removed in the future --> - <dir>~/.fonts</dir> - -😨 - -Bunsenlabs symlinks `~/.fonts` to `~/.local/share/fonts`, but this -path is not mentioned anywhere in `/etc/fonts`. What's the deal? - -`/etc/fonts/fonts.conf`: - - <dir prefix="xdg">fonts</dir> - -fonts-conf(5): - -> ## `<DIR PREFIX="DEFAULT">` -> -> This element contains a directory name which will be scanned for -> font files to include in the set of available fonts. If 'prefix' is -> set to "xdg", the value in the `XDG_DATA_HOME` environment variable -> will be added as the path prefix. please see XDG Base Directory -> Specification for more details. - -[XDG Base Directory Specification](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html): - -> `$XDG_DATA_HOME` defines the base directory relative to which user -> specific data files should be stored. If `$XDG_DATA_HOME` is either -> not set or empty, a default equal to `$HOME`/.local/share should be -> used. - -Seems legit then. - |