Fontconfig configuration file ordering

Fontconfig parses files in /etc/fonts/conf.d/ by filename order. The following

conventions are used to attibute the appropriate prefix to new files:

┌────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐

│ Prefix │ Description                                                        │

├────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤

│ 50 	 │ User override                                                      │

│ 51 	 │ Local system overrides                                             │

│ 55-59  │ High priority LGC (Latin Greek Cyrillic) fonts                     │

│        │ (distribution general-purpose default fonts)                       │

│ 60     │ Main LGC font list                                                 │

│ 61-64  │ Low priority LGC fonts                                             │

│ 65-69  │ Fonts with less common encodings, ending with fonts that provide   │

│        │ coverage of exotic unicode blocks at the expense of drawing        │

│        │ quality                                                            │

└────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Fontconfig uses an inverted priority scheme where files with lower-number

prefixes take precedence over files with higher-number prefixes.

It is almost always safe to use high numbers in the prefix range your font

belongs to, if you do not want to perturb distribution defaults.

See also /etc/fonts/conf.d/README

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