From: Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 23:12:51 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Simplify/improve 30-metric-aliases.conf
X-Git-Tag: 2.4.92~2
X-Git-Url: https://git.wh0rd.org/?p=fontconfig.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=a504f6b5394b96d2c6a24772b61705227a8e88ab

Simplify/improve 30-metric-aliases.conf
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diff --git a/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf b/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf
index fa6908f..87e4493 100644
--- a/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf
+++ b/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf
@@ -8,14 +8,19 @@
 			Helvetica
 			Times
 			Courier
-		Microsoft fonts:
-			Arial
-			Times New Roman
-			Courier New
 		URW fonts:
 			Nimbus Sans L
 			Nimbus Roman No9 L
 			Nimbus Mono L
+
+		Microsoft fonts:
+			Arial
+			Times New Roman
+			Courier New
+		Liberation fonts:
+			Liberation Sans
+			Liberation Serif
+			Liberation Mono
 		StarOffice fonts:
 			Albany
 			Thorndale
@@ -24,10 +29,6 @@
 			Albany AMT
 			Thorndale AMT
 			Cumberland AMT
-		Liberation fonts:
-			Liberation Sans
-			Liberation Serif
-			Liberation Mono
 
 	     Of these, URW fonts are design compatible with PostScrict fonts,
 	     and the Liberation, StarOffice, and AMT ones are compatible with
@@ -35,151 +36,176 @@
 
 	     We want for each of them to fallback to any of these
 	     available, but in an order preferring similar designs
-	     first.
-	     
-	     We don't alias URW and Liberation fonts though, given that
-	     they are free and less probable to appear in documents by
-	     name.
+	     first.  We do this in three steps:
+
+		1) Alias each specific to it's generic family.
+		   eg. Liberation Sans to Arial
+
+		2) Weak alias each generic to the other generic of its family.
+		   eg. Arial to Helvetica
+
+		3) Alias each generic to its specifics.
+		   eg. Arial to Liberation Sans, Albany, and Albany AMT
 	-->
 
+<!-- Map specifics to generics -->
+
 	<!-- PostScript -->
-        <alias>
-	  <family>Helvetica</family>
-	  <accept>
+        <alias binding="same">
 	  <family>Nimbus Sans L</family>
+	  <default>
+	  <family>Helvetica</family>
+	  </default>
+	</alias>
+
+        <alias binding="same">
+	  <family>Nimbus Roman No9 L</family>
+	  <default>
+	  <family>Times</family>
+	  </default>
+	</alias>
+
+        <alias binding="same">
+	  <family>Nimbus Mono L</family>
+	  <default>
+	  <family>Courier</family>
+	  </default>
+	</alias>
+
+
+	<!-- Microsoft -->
+        <alias binding="same">
           <family>Liberation Sans</family>
-	  <family>Arial</family>
 	  <family>Albany</family>
 	  <family>Albany AMT</family>
-	  </accept>
+	  <default>
+	  <family>Arial</family>
+	  </default>
 	</alias>
 
-        <alias>
-	  <family>Times</family>
-	  <accept>
-	  <family>Nimbus Roman No9 L</family>
+        <alias binding="same">
           <family>Liberation Serif</family>
-	  <family>Times New Roman</family>
 	  <family>Thorndale</family>
 	  <family>Thorndale AMT</family>
-	  </accept>
+	  <default>
+	  <family>Times New Roman</family>
+	  </default>
 	</alias>
 
-        <alias>
-	  <family>Courier</family>
-	  <accept>
-	  <family>Nimbus Mono L</family>
+        <alias binding="same">
           <family>Liberation Mono</family>
-	  <family>Courier New</family>
 	  <family>Cumberland</family>
 	  <family>Cumberland AMT</family>
-	  </accept>
+	  <default>
+	  <family>Courier New</family>
+	  </default>
 	</alias>
 
 
 
+<!-- Accept the other group as fallback -->
+
+
+	<!-- PostScript -->
+        <alias>
+	  <family>Helvetica</family>
+	  <default>
+	  <family>Arial</family>
+	  </default>
+	</alias>
+
+        <alias>
+	  <family>Times</family>
+	  <default>
+	  <family>Times New Roman</family>
+	  </default>
+	</alias>
+
+        <alias>
+	  <family>Courier</family>
+	  <default>
+	  <family>Courier New</family>
+	  </default>
+	</alias>
+
+
 	<!-- Microsoft -->
         <alias>
 	  <family>Arial</family>
-	  <accept>
-          <family>Liberation Sans</family>
-	  <family>Albany</family>
-	  <family>Albany AMT</family>
+	  <default>
 	  <family>Helvetica</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Sans L</family>
-	  </accept>
+	  </default>
 	</alias>
 
         <alias>
 	  <family>Times New Roman</family>
-	  <accept>
-          <family>Liberation Serif</family>
-	  <family>Thorndale</family>
-	  <family>Thorndale AMT</family>
+	  <default>
 	  <family>Times</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Roman No9 L</family>
-	  </accept>
+	  </default>
 	</alias>
 
         <alias>
 	  <family>Courier New</family>
-	  <accept>
-          <family>Liberation Mono</family>
-	  <family>Cumberland</family>
-	  <family>Cumberland AMT</family>
+	  <default>
 	  <family>Courier</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Mono L</family>
-	  </accept>
+	  </default>
 	</alias>
 
 
-	<!-- StarOffice -->
-        <alias>
-	  <family>Albany</family>
-	  <accept>
-          <family>Liberation Sans</family>
-	  <family>Arial</family>
-	  <family>Albany AMT</family>
+
+<!-- Map generics to specifics -->
+
+
+	<!-- PostScript -->
+        <alias binding="same">
 	  <family>Helvetica</family>
+	  <accept>
 	  <family>Nimbus Sans L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
-        <alias>
-	  <family>Thorndale</family>
-	  <accept>
-          <family>Liberation Serif</family>
-	  <family>Times New Roman</family>
-	  <family>Thorndale AMT</family>
+        <alias binding="same">
 	  <family>Times</family>
+	  <accept>
 	  <family>Nimbus Roman No9 L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
-        <alias>
-	  <family>Cumberland</family>
-	  <accept>
-          <family>Liberation Mono</family>
-	  <family>Courier New</family>
-	  <family>Cumberland AMT</family>
+        <alias binding="same">
 	  <family>Courier</family>
+	  <accept>
 	  <family>Nimbus Mono L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
 
-	<!-- AMT -->
-        <alias>
-	  <family>Albany AMT</family>
+	<!-- Microsoft -->
+        <alias binding="same">
+	  <family>Arial</family>
 	  <accept>
           <family>Liberation Sans</family>
-	  <family>Arial</family>
 	  <family>Albany</family>
-	  <family>Helvetica</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Sans L</family>
+	  <family>Albany AMT</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
-        <alias>
-	  <family>Thorndale AMT</family>
+        <alias binding="same">
+	  <family>Times New Roman</family>
 	  <accept>
           <family>Liberation Serif</family>
-	  <family>Times New Roman</family>
 	  <family>Thorndale</family>
-	  <family>Times</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Roman No9 L</family>
+	  <family>Thorndale AMT</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
-        <alias>
-	  <family>Cumberland AMT</family>
+        <alias binding="same">
+	  <family>Courier New</family>
 	  <accept>
           <family>Liberation Mono</family>
-	  <family>Courier New</family>
 	  <family>Cumberland</family>
-	  <family>Courier</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Mono L</family>
+	  <family>Cumberland AMT</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
+
 </fontconfig>