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NightMonkey
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 Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:36 pm Post subject: Replacement for media-libs/fontconfig-ultimate and friends? |
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Howdy. I just set up a new Gentoo laptop, which is working great. I had been using this package 'media-libs/fontconfig-ultimate' to make it easy to get readable, well-formed fonts on Gentoo (or the best I could get), and used this approach again with my new laptop. Saw the Portage notice today that this package is masked, is dead, and scheduled for removal. Looks like media-libs/fontconfig-infinality is set to go, too (which is referenced here: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Fontconfig ). Does anyone have a reference to other methods to easily get decent fonts and typography in Gentoo? I see the Wiki has instructions for how to use the various tools, but I've not found a modern approach that just gets you what people have come to expect from other desktop OSes (Linux or otherwise).
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!!! The following installed packages are masked:
- media-libs/fontconfig-ultimate-2015.08.01::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask:
# Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> (2021-03-27)
# Dead upstream. Bugs #437056, #453964, #550592, #768303
# Removal on 2021-04-26.
- app-eselect/eselect-lcdfilter-2::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
- app-eselect/eselect-infinality-1.1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
- media-libs/fontconfig-infinality-20130404::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
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Thanks in advance! 
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fedeliallalinea
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe this
| Code: | $ eix media-fonts/fonts-meta
* media-fonts/fonts-meta
Available versions: ~1-r2 {+free +latin ms L10N="as bn bo brx doi dz gu hi ja km kn ko kok ks mai ml mr ne or pa sa sat sd si syc ta te zh"}
Homepage: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/No_homepage
Description: Meta package for fonts to cover most needs |
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mike155
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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I use the settings below:
| Code: | <?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- /etc/fonts/local.conf file to configure system font access -->
<fontconfig>
<match target="font">
<edit name="antialias" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit name="autohint" mode="assign"><bool>false</bool></edit>
<edit name="hinting" mode="assign"><bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign"><const>hintslight</const></edit>
<edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>none</const></edit>
<edit name="lcdfilter" mode="assign"><const>lcddefault</const></edit>
</match>
<match target="pattern">
<edit name="dpi" mode="assign">
<double>96</double>
</edit>
</match>
<!--- more rules here --->
</fontconfig> |
Either configure those settings using 'eselect fontconfig' OR write the block above to /etc/fonts/local.conf AND disable all corresponding settings in 'eselect fontconfig'.
Some desktop environments have their own font configuration dialogs. You may have to configure the settings above there as well. |
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Juippisi
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NightMonkey
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| Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for this. Yes, I'm running Fluxbox, so I am in the 'chances: zero' category the post you linked mentions.  However, since Infinality is being removed from Portage, this is bittersweet to see this helpful post become less so. 
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dewke
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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| NightMonkey wrote: |
Thank you for this. Yes, I'm running Fluxbox, so I am in the 'chances: zero' category the post you linked mentions. However, since Infinality is being removed from Portage, this is bittersweet to see this helpful post become less so. |
I use fluxbox too. I've been able to cobble together decent looking fonts, but would love to compare notes.
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