Fonts

Using fontconfig

Add this to your font config, ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf or you can put it in ~/.fontconfig

  <alias>
    <family>serif</family>
    <prefer><family>Tinos</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans-serif</family>
    <prefer><family>Arimo</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans</family>
    <prefer><family>Arimo</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>monospace</family>
    <prefer><family>Cousine</family></prefer>
  </alias>

source

How to set emoji

• Get latest version of noto color emoji.
  • You can get at https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-emoji/releases
  • Noto sans https://www.google.com/get/noto/
  • Noto sans serif https://www.google.com/get/noto/
  • Noto serif https://www.google.com/get/noto/
  • Noto mono https://www.google.com/get/noto/
  • Twemoji https://github.com/twitter/twemoji
• Install both noto color emoji and twemoji
  • sudo apt-get install fonts-noto to install the fonts
  • fc-list | grep -i -e "noto sans" -e "noto serif" -e "noto color emoji" to confirm
• Use these fontconfig

<?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
 <alias>
 <!-- Change the string in the family tag to whatever font -->
    <family>serif</family>
    <prefer><family>Noto Serif</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans-serif</family>
    <prefer><family>Noto Sans</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans</family>
    <prefer><family>Noto Sans</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>monospace</family>
    <prefer><family>Noto Mono</family></prefer>
  </alias>

   <!-- This adds Noto Color Emoji to the font families sans, serif, sans-serif and monospace -->
  <match target="pattern">
        <test name="family"><string>monospace</string></test>
        <edit name="family" mode="append"><string>Noto Color Emoji</string></edit>
  </match>
  <match target="pattern">
        <test name="family"><string>sans</string></test>
        <edit name="family" mode="append"><string>Noto Color Emoji</string></edit>
  </match>

  <match target="pattern">
        <test name="family"><string>serif</string></test>
        <edit name="family" mode="append"><string>Noto Color Emoji</string></edit>
  </match>
  <!-- Discord loads the system's sans-serif font family, add Noto Color Emoji to it -->
  <match target="pattern">
        <test name="family"><string>sans-serif</string></test>
        <edit name="family" mode="append"><string>Noto Color Emoji</string></edit>
    </match>

   <!-- Add emoji generic family -->
  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>emoji</family>
    <default><family>Noto Color Emoji</family></default>
  </alias>

  <!-- Alias requests for the other emoji fonts -->
  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>Apple Color Emoji</family>
    <prefer><family>Noto Color Emoji</family></prefer>
    <default><family>emoji</family></default>
  </alias>
  <alias binding="strong">
    <family>Segoe UI Emoji</family>
    <prefer><family>Noto Color Emoji</family></prefer>
    <default><family>emoji</family></default>
  </alias>
</fontconfig>

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
  <!-- Set preferred serif, sans serif, and monospace fonts. -->
  <alias>
    <family>serif</family>
    <prefer><family>JetBrainsMono Nerd Font</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans-serif</family>
    <prefer><family>JetBrainsMono Nerd Font</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans</family>
    <prefer><family>JetBrainsMono Nerd Font</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>monospace</family>
    <prefer><family>JetBrainsMono Nerd Font</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>sans-serif</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="weak">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>serif</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="weak">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>monospace</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="weak">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
  <match>
    <test name="family"><string>Apple Color Emoji</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="weak">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>

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