More aliases tuning.

dumol · Mar 24, 2021 · 220fda0 · 220fda0
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diff --git a/common.conf b/common.conf
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
              * or of special type (Dingbats, Symbol). -->
 
     <!-- Avant Garde, Century Gothic, etc.
-         Century Gothic used on: https://e.foundation. -->
+         Century Gothic used on: https://www.nationalgeographic.com (fallback),
+         https://e.foundation. -->
     <include prefix="xdg">fontconfig/common/urw-gothic.conf</include>
 
     <!-- Bitter. An open-source font frequently used for the web.
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@
 
     <!-- Trebuchet MS. TTF version from the googlefontdirectory repo is to be
          used on low DPI screens. Latest version only for high DPI screens.
-         Used on: https://www.nih.gov/ (fallback). -->
+         Used on: https://www.lidl.com, https://www.nih.gov (fallback). -->
     <include prefix="xdg">fontconfig/common/cabin.conf</include>
 
         <!-- End of list of fonts perfectly hinted at small sizes. -->
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@
     <include prefix="xdg">fontconfig/common/garamond-libre.conf</include>
 
     <!-- Gill Sans, Gill Sans MT.
-         Used on: https://www.biorxiv.org. -->
+         Used on: https://www.biorxiv.org, https://www.nationalgeographic.com
+         (fallback). -->
     <include prefix="xdg">fontconfig/common/gillius-adf-no2.conf</include>
 
 

diff --git a/common/cinzel-decorative.conf b/common/cinzel-decorative.conf
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
             <family>Cinzel ExtraBold</family>
         </prefer>
     </alias>
+
     <alias binding="same">
         <family>Copperplate Gothic</family>
         <prefer>

diff --git a/common/urw-fallback-specifics.conf b/common/urw-fallback-specifics.conf
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ This file is used to alias/map previous versions of font families from (URW)++
 to similar/metric-compatible font families - in this case as original PostScript
 fonts (as specifics).
 
-NOTE: These mappings are already part of fontconfig's config files by default.
-      We are keeping this file just to be complete, or if some distribution
-      needs it in some special case.
-
 Most likely this aliasing/mapping will be useful for people who:
  * have documents referencing older versions of the (URW)++ fonts, and need to
    map their similar/metric-compatible fonts via generic font names

diff --git a/fonts.conf b/fonts.conf
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@
     <!-- Settings and aliases for low DPI screens, covering "web safe" fonts.
          Using <accept> for aliases doesn't work for Chromium. FIXME
          Firefox doesn't load local fonts for some sites, e.g. on
-         https://e.foundation (both Century Gothic and Font Awesome). FIXME -->
+         https://e.foundation (both Century Gothic and Font Awesome). FIXME
+         WebKitGTK uses the default Sans alias for missing fonts. FIXME
+         WebKitGTK uses the same sizes for serif / sans / monospace. FIXME -->
     <include prefix="xdg">fontconfig/lowdpi.conf</include>
     <!-- Disables antialiasing for fonts perfectly hinted at specific sizes. -->
     <include prefix="xdg">fontconfig/pixelperfect.conf</include>
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@
         To check how probable is for a font to be present on mainstream OS'es:
             https://www.cssfontstack.com/
             https://lonewolfonline.net/web-safe-font-list/
+            https://archive.is/20130112220820/www.codestyle.org/css/font-family/sampler-MacResults.shtml
 
         To check/calculate DPI:
             https://www.sven.de/dpi/

diff --git a/hinting.conf b/hinting.conf
@@ -72,15 +72,6 @@
         </edit>
     </match>
 
-    <match target="font">
-        <test name="family" compare="eq" ignore-blanks="true">
-            <string>CamingoCode</string>
-        </test>
-        <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
-            <const>hintfull</const>
-        </edit>
-    </match>
-
     <!-- Hintfull distorts lower case letters at around 16 pt. -->
     <match target="font">
         <test name="family" compare="eq" ignore-blanks="true">
@@ -134,9 +125,10 @@
         </edit>
     </match>
 
+    <!-- Distorted with hintfull. -->
     <match target="font">
         <test name="family" compare="eq" ignore-blanks="true">
-            <string>Dark Courier</string>
+            <string>DejaVu Serif</string>
         </test>
         <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
             <const>hintslight</const>
@@ -145,39 +137,24 @@
 
     <match target="font">
         <test name="family" compare="eq" ignore-blanks="true">
-            <string>Droid Sans</string>
-        </test>
-        <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
-            <const>hintfull</const>
-        </edit>
-    </match>
-    <match target="font">
-        <test name="family" compare="eq" ignore-blanks="true">
-            <string>Droid Sans Mono</string>
-        </test>
-        <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
-            <const>hintfull</const>
-        </edit>
-    </match>
-    <match target="font">
-        <test name="family" compare="eq" ignore-blanks="true">
-            <string>Droid Serif</string>
+            <string>EB Garamond</string>
         </test>
         <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
             <const>hintfull</const>
         </edit>
     </match>
 
+    <!-- Distorted with hintfull. -->
     <match target="font">
         <test name="family" compare="eq" ignore-blanks="true">
-            <string>EB Garamond</string>
+            <string>Inconsolata</string>
         </test>
         <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
-            <const>hintfull</const>
+            <const>hintslight</const>
         </edit>
     </match>
 
-    <!-- Sligtly worse with hintfull. -->
+    <!-- Slightly worse with hintfull. -->
     <match target="font">
         <test name="family" compare="eq" ignore-blanks="true">
             <string>Garamond Libre</string>
@@ -295,6 +272,15 @@
         </edit>
     </match>
 
+    <match target="font">
+        <test name="family" compare="eq" ignore-blanks="true">
+            <string>Noto Mono</string>
+        </test>
+        <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
+            <const>hintfull</const>
+        </edit>
+    </match>
+
     <match target="font">
         <test name="family" compare="eq" ignore-blanks="true">
             <string>Oswald</string>

diff --git a/lowdpi.conf b/lowdpi.conf
@@ -32,32 +32,32 @@
     </match>
 
 
-    <!-- Aliases for the generic W3C font families.
-         Not constrained by metrics here, let's spice things up... -->
-    <!-- Ordered not only by similarity, but also by the number of
-         pixel-perfect glyphs to be rendered flawlessly at small sizes. -->
+    <!-- Aliases for the generic W3C font families. Ideally should match the
+         metrics of the main OS'es generics: Helvetica / Courier / Times on
+         macOS and Arial / Times New Roman / Courier New on Windows. -->
     <alias binding="strong">
         <family>serif</family>
         <prefer>
-            <family>PT Serif</family>
             <family>Liberation Serif</family>
+            <family>PT Serif</family>
             <family>DejaVu Serif</family>
         </prefer>
     </alias>
     <alias binding="strong">
         <family>sans-serif</family>
         <prefer>
             <family>Liberation Sans</family>
-            <family>Ubuntu</family>
             <family>PT Sans</family>
+            <family>Ubuntu</family>
         </prefer>
     </alias>
     <alias binding="strong">
         <family>monospace</family>
         <prefer>
+            <!-- Liberation Mono's metrics match Courier / Courier New, and it
+                 also has italics, but its default line spacing is bad. FIXME-->
             <family>PT Mono</family>
             <family>Liberation Mono</family>
-            <family>Noto Mono</family>
             <family>Ubuntu Mono</family>
         </prefer>
     </alias>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <alias binding="strong">
         <family>fantasy</family>
         <prefer>
-            <family>Cinzel ExtraBold</family>
+            <family>Lobster Two</family>
         </prefer>
     </alias>
 
@@ -109,31 +109,32 @@
         </prefer>
     </alias>
 
-    <!-- Aliases used to target the macOS UI font. Maximum legibility here. -->
+    <!-- Aliases used to target the macOS UI font. Hijacked for our UI font. -->
     <alias binding="strong">
         <family>-apple-system</family>
         <prefer>
-            <family>Liberation Sans</family>
+            <family>PT Sans</family>
         </prefer>
     </alias>
     <alias binding="strong">
         <family>-webkit-system-font</family>
         <prefer>
-            <family>Liberation Sans</family>
+            <family>PT Sans</family>
         </prefer>
     </alias>
     <alias binding="strong">
         <family>BlinkMacSystemFont</family>
         <prefer>
-            <family>Liberation Sans</family>
+            <family>PT Sans</family>
         </prefer>
     </alias>
 
 
         <!-- Metrically-identical replacements. -->
 
-    <!-- Andale Mono, Source Code Pro, Droid Sans Mono.
-         Andale Mono used on https://theintercept.com (fallback). -->
+    <!-- Andale Mono, Source Code Pro, Droid Sans Mono, Noto Sans Mono.
+         Andale Mono used on https://theintercept.com (fallback).
+         Source Code Pro used on https://www.vice.com. -->
     <include prefix="xdg">fontconfig/lowdpi/noto-mono.conf</include>
 
     <!-- Bitstream Vera Serif -->
@@ -171,15 +172,14 @@
          https://time.com (fallback). -->
     <include prefix="xdg">fontconfig/lowdpi/pt-sans-narrow.conf</include>
 
-    <!-- Georgia, Georgia Pro. Slightly larger and w/o the old-style figures,
-         but much better suited than Liberation Serif or DejaVu Serif.
+    <!-- Georgia, Georgia Pro. Similar metrics with even higher x-height, but
+         no old-style figures. More similar than Liberation/DejaVu Serif though.
          Georgia used on many sites, e.g. https://www.washingtonpost.com.
-         PT Serif used on https://time.com.-->
+         PT Serif used on https://time.com. -->
     <include prefix="xdg">fontconfig/lowdpi/pt-serif.conf</include>
 
     <!-- Geneva. This is Wine's Tahoma. Bold font is problematic at some sizes.
-         Tahoma is used on https://web.telegram.org,
-         https://theintercept.com (fallback).
+         Tahoma used on many sites, e.g. https://web.telegram.org.
          Geneva used on https://news.ycombinator.com/ (fallback). -->
     <include prefix="xdg">fontconfig/lowdpi/tahoma.conf</include>
 
@@ -192,14 +192,15 @@
     <!-- Proxima Nova. Most successfull commercial font on the web. There's no
          open-source font with perfect hinting to replace it. To avoid falling
          back to default sans-serif, let's give Cabin a bit more use...
-         Proxima Nova used on: https://abcnews.go.com, https://duckduckgo.com.
-         Proxima Nova Cond used on https://gizmodo.com -->
+         Proxima Nova used on: https://www.cnbc.com, https://duckduckgo.com.
+         Proxima Nova Cond used on https://gizmodo.com. -->
     <include prefix="xdg">fontconfig/lowdpi/cabin.conf</include>
 
     <!-- Segoe UI, Segoe, Lucida Sans/Grande, Cantarell.
          Segoe UI used on https://www.microsoft.com, https://msn.com, etc.
          Segoe used on https://outlook.live.com.
-         Lucida Grande used on https://arxiv.org. -->
+         Lucida Grande used on https://telegram.org, https://arxiv.org.
+         Lucida Sans Unicode used on https://telegram.org (fallback). -->
     <include prefix="xdg">fontconfig/lowdpi/pt-sans.conf</include>
 
     <!-- SFMono-Regular. Sets best option for GitHub's default code font. -->

diff --git a/lowdpi/luculent.conf b/lowdpi/luculent.conf
@@ -16,12 +16,4 @@
             <family>monospace</family>
         </default>
     </alias>
-
-    <!-- Font substitution rules -->
-    <alias binding="same">
-        <family>SFMono-Regular</family>
-        <prefer>
-            <family>Luculent</family>
-        </prefer>
-    </alias>
 </fontconfig>
diff --git a/lowdpi/noto-mono.conf b/lowdpi/noto-mono.conf
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
         </prefer>
     </alias>
 
+    <alias binding="same">
+        <family>Noto Sans Mono</family>
+        <prefer>
+            <family>Noto Mono</family>
+        </prefer>
+    </alias>
+
     <alias binding="same">
         <family>Source Code Pro</family>
         <prefer>