Globally replace a font in linux

2021/12/08

There are many good fonts, but a few are terrible.

In linux, we can force a replacement of a particularly hated font: Comic Sans

Terminal

sudo vim /etc/fonts/local.conf

In this file, this will do it:

``` Comic Sans MS Ubuntu ```

What is happening?

As always, the Arch linux wiki has good documentation. What we are doing is matching font family name of “Comic Sans MS” with another: “Ubuntu.” You could change the replacement font, but this one blends well in many debian based system.

Go nuke some papyrus next