On Friday 15 February 2013 02:57:12 PM IST, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed media-fonts/roboto from asux overlay and configured
> /etc/fonts/local.conf as follows:
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
> <fontconfig>
> <match target="font">
> <edit mode="assign" name="hinting">
> <bool>true</bool>
> </edit>
> </match>
> <match target="font">
> <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
> <const>hintslight</const>
> </edit>
> </match>
> <match target="font">
> <edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
> <bool>true</bool>
> </edit>
> </match>
> <match target="font">
> <test qual="any" name="size" compare="less">
> <double>9.0</double>
> </test>
> <edit name="size" mode="assign">
> <double>9.0</double>
> </edit>
> </match>
> <match target="font">
> <test qual="any" name="size" compare="less">
> <double>10.0</double>
> </test>
> <test qual="any" name="family">
> <string>monospace</string>
> </test>
> <edit name="size" mode="assign">
> <double>10.0</double>
> </edit>
> </match>
> <alias>
> <family>serif</family>
> <default>
> <family>Roboto</family>
> </default>
> </alias>
> <alias>
> <family>sans-serif</family>
> <default>
> <family>Roboto</family>
> </default>
> </alias>
> <alias>
> <family>monospace</family>
> <default>
> <family>Monaco</family>
> </default>
> </alias>
> </fontconfig>
>
> And these are the symlinks in /etc/fonts/conf.d -
> 10-autohint.conf 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf 11-lcdfilter-default.conf
> 49-sansserif.conf 50-user.conf 51-local.conf 66-lohit-hindi.conf
> 66-lohit-marathi.conf
>
> But I'm facing a weird issue with the Roboto font. It matches by default
> to Roboto Medium, but I don't want that. Titlebar, Menubar and Toolbar
> texts look bold. Even the mail list in Thunderbird looks bold so I can't
> distinguish between read and unread mail easily.
>
> $ fc-match Roboto
> Roboto-Medium.ttf: "Roboto" "Medium"
>
> How to fix this? There are no user configuration files and I have
> configured KDE to use default system settings (sansserif, monospace
> families).
>
Solution -
<selectfont>
<rejectfont>
<pattern>
<patelt name="family"><string>Roboto
Lt</string></patelt>
<patelt
name="weight"><int>100</int></patelt>
</pattern>
<pattern>
<patelt name="family"><string>Roboto
Bk</string></patelt>
</pattern>
</rejectfont>
</selectfont>
--
Nilesh Govindarajan
http://nileshgr.com
