Fonts

1. Install the Microsoft Fonts using this command: sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer -y 2. Create the following directory and the fonts.conf file: mkdir -p ~/.config/fontconfig/ then vim ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf now paste this setting: <?xml version='1.0'?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'> <fontconfig> <match target="font"> <edit mode="assign" name="antialias"> <bool>true</bool> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="embeddedbitmap"> <bool>false</bool> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="hinting"> <bool>true</bool> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"> <const>hintslight</const> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="lcdfilter"> <const>lcddefault</const> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="rgba"> <const>rgb</const> </edit> </match> </fontconfig> 3. Run these commmands: # Reconfigure fontconfig sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config # Regenerate fonts cache sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig Or just run ...

1. Install the Microsoft Fonts. yay -S ttf-ms-fonts yay -S ttf-ms-win11-auto yay -S ttf-ms-win10-auto Choose one, here I recommend “ttf-ms-fonts”. yay -S ttf-ms-fonts 2. Install a better text font. For my use case, I always install Ubuntu fonts. sudo pacman -S ttf-ubuntu-font-family 3. Create the following directory and the fonts.conf file: mkdir -p ~/.config/fontconfig/ then vim ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf now paste this setting: <?xml version='1.0'?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'> <fontconfig> <match target="font"> <edit mode="assign" name="antialias"> <bool>true</bool> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="embeddedbitmap"> <bool>false</bool> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="hinting"> <bool>true</bool> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"> <const>hintslight</const> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="lcdfilter"> <const>lcddefault</const> </edit> <edit mode="assign" name="rgba"> <const>rgb</const> </edit> </match> </fontconfig> 3.1. Run this command to build font cache: fc-cache -fv 3.2 Reboot your PC. sudo reboot 4. Open GNOME Tweaks and set the following: Interface Text: Ubuntu Document Text: Ubuntu Monospace Text: MesloLGS NF (or any of the ttf-meslo-nerd) Rendering (Hinting): Slight Antialiasing: Subpixel (for LCD screens) 5. Optional (Highly Recommended) Using the FREETYPE_PROPERTIES option for bolder fonts (less pixelated, more like Windows TrueType): ...