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

On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 11:46:54AM +0100, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> 
> Can this be placed as a separate file into /usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/? 
> This way it will not be overwritten by upgrade or another app.

	Indeed, you can place the configuration file there. I would argue
against it because the settings made there apply to all users, even non
interactive ones such as daemons using fontconfig to serve bitmap content
generated on the fly. For a desktop user, the best place is still a separate
file located in any of the directories listed in
/usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf. Contrary to fonts.conf, files you
name yourself will probably not be altered by the desktop---if they are then
its a bug.

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