Hi,

On my system, the 'fc-match serif' will reports:

wqy-zenhei.ttc: "文泉驿正黑" "中等"

Then I want to change the default serif font, so I write a file: ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf as below:

<?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<dir>~/.fonts</dir>
<alias>
<family>serif</family>
<prefer><family>Times New Roman</family></prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>sans-serif</family>
<prefer><family>Arial</family></prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>monospace</family>
<prefer><family>Courier New</family></prefer>
</alias>
</fontconfig>

I learned this from web. But still, even after reboot the system, I still get the same 'fc-match serif' outputs as before.

Why my aliasing operation not work?

Thanks.
-woody

are you using 14.2 or -current? For -current i fixed all my fonts issues by specifying the DejaVu versions of the fonts i use. For example I define the default monospace font in Xfce's preferences to be DejaVu Sans Mono.

Thanks. I am using Slackware 14.2. But my question is why the family aliasing did not work.

Remove /etc/fonts/conf.d/44-wqy-zenhei.conf. It's what's overriding your overrides.

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Yes, it works! Thanks you very much!

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