What we usually do is copy the entire fonts directories (there are probably 4 or 5 of them in /usr/share) to an external partition (hd's are less than a nickel a GB), then delete those fonts that we will never use. Any additional fonts that we will need (which never happened) can be soft-linked from the external partition to the target fonts directory.
Another complicating factor is that the fontconfig file was originally written by Keith Packard more than 20 years ago. Someone please correct me but I believe this font configuration methodology is unnecessarily complicated and, imnsho, totally out of date, and is making Debian desktops look archaic for serious business users. But again, I must admit that I have given up on messing around with the fontconfig files for quite some time now, and pray that some of our forum experts can educate me that I am wrong.
Another complicating factor is that the fontconfig file was originally written by Keith Packard more than 20 years ago. Someone please correct me but I believe this font configuration methodology is unnecessarily complicated and, imnsho, totally out of date, and is making Debian desktops look archaic for serious business users. But again, I must admit that I have given up on messing around with the fontconfig files for quite some time now, and pray that some of our forum experts can educate me that I am wrong.
Statistics: Posted by pwzhangzz — 2024-09-26 18:22 — Replies 15 — Views 2465
