By the way, the file 30-metric-aliases.conf breaks font selection on all
web pages containing font selectors like this:

font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;

in the case where Helvetica is NOT installed, while Arial IS installed.
In css the font names are prioritized, and if the first isn't installed,
the second should be chosen, and so on. So the web page should display
in Arial, instead it displays in Nimbus Sans L. Because when the browser
requests helvetica from fontconfig it should be denied and try the next
option (Arial), instead it gets Nimbus Sans L and never gets to test for
Arial.

This problem exists in several browsers. I'm not sure whose
responsibility this is, browser or fontconfig.

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