How to find the name in gnome-terminal through fc-list?

[shogun1234]

I use Debian

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cat /etc/debian_version 
bullseye/sid

And am learning to use simple term using the doc described at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/St#Font

But when trying to configure font I encounter a problem, I search Monospace with command below

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fc-list | grep -i monospace 

But nothing returns. However searching with mono, it would return some fonts. Also in gnome-terminal, there is a font I can configured with name Monospace Regular.

So my question - how do I find the font name that matched name in gnome-terminal through fc-list?

Thanks

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Monospace is an alias:

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empty@E485 ~ % fc-match monospace
Inconsolata.otf: "Inconsolata" "Medium"
empty@E485 ~ %

I set mine in ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf, like this:

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<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
  <alias>
    <family>monospace</family>
    <prefer><family>Inconsolata</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>serif</family>
    <prefer><family>Times New Roman</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans-serif</family>
    <prefer><family>Arial</family></prefer>
  </alias>
</fontconfig>

I prefer to use the sans, serif & mono aliases in the various desktop and application settings so that I only have to edit fonts.conf to change the fonts everywhere.

[shogun1234]

Sorry replying late. I tried fc-match monospace, the command shows

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DejaVuSansMono.ttf: "DejaVu Sans Mono" "Book"

And there is no fontconfig under .config folder. But I notice I have fontconfig installed already.

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$ sudo apt-get install fontconfig
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
fontconfig is already the newest version (2.13.1-2+b1).
...

Maybe I miss something? Thanks for your help

Monospace is an alias:

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empty@E485 ~ % fc-match monospace
Inconsolata.otf: "Inconsolata" "Medium"
empty@E485 ~ %

I set mine in ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf, like this:

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<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
  <alias>
    <family>monospace</family>
    <prefer><family>Inconsolata</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>serif</family>
    <prefer><family>Times New Roman</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans-serif</family>
    <prefer><family>Arial</family></prefer>
  </alias>
</fontconfig>

I prefer to use the sans, serif & mono aliases in the various desktop and application settings so that I only have to edit fonts.conf to change the fonts everywhere.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

there is no fontconfig under .config folder

You can create one if you want to use fonts.conf to change the monospace alias to something other than Dejavu Sans.

Note that st will accept the monospace alias in config.h: https://github.com/Head-on-a-Stick/conf ... ig.h.st#L8

I would actually recommend that approach because then you can change the font in st without having to recompile it. Not sure why suckless use Liberation Mono instead, seems like a strange choice.