Re: Thunderbird, ligatures, and "fixed-width" fonts

On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 08:09:09AM +0100, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
>
> I've looked up the patch you linked, but I don't know where to put it 
> exacly.
> I already have ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf and it's an XML file:

	Extract the whole <MATCH> tag from George's document and insert it
anywhere in your fonts.conf file with the limitation that it must be placed at
the same level as the already present <MATCH>s.

> I don't know where my version comes from. Perhaps it was crafted from 
> XFCE settings GUI?

	You way want to make your file read-only in order to prevent any
desktop environment from overwriting your settings.

	You can also place the whole document George mentioned in a separate
file in the ~/.config/fontconfig/ directory. For reference, look in
/usr/local/etc/fonts/ how this is done system-wide.

> Is this all obsolete? Should I delete this and replace it with the given 
> text?

	Those settings are fine and can be kept. Removing then will change
the appearance of text on screen.

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