`serif` font family defaults to `Clear Sans` instead of a serif font (T8739)

[celticmagic]

Nathan Caldwell (#saintdev), 2020-02-16 06:40:49 UTC

Fontconfig selects `Clear Sans` as the default serif font. ``` $ fc-match serif ClearSans-Regular.ttf: "Clear Sans" "Regular" ``` This seems to be caused by a misconfiguration in fontconfig `/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/60-latin.conf:` ```lang=xml Set preferable fonts for Latin serif Clear Sans [...snip...] ``` Additionally, the default `sans-serif` family font is also `Clear Sans` instead of `Noto Sans`. ``` $ fc-match sans-serif ClearSans-Regular.ttf: "Clear Sans" "Regular" ```

[celticmagic]

Beatrice T. Meyers (#DataDrake), 2020-02-16 16:13:42 UTC

To be clear, Firefox and fontconfig are both behaving correctly. It's more that the system defaults aren't being conveyed to fontconfig.

[celticmagic]

TraceyC (@TraceyC77), 2023-06-17 05:39:07 UTC

@ermo This is something we should probably look into fixing for 4.5, would you agree?

[celticmagic]

TraceyC (@TraceyC77), 2023-07-09 22:07:46 UTC

Clear Sans does not have a matching Serif font. There was a discussion in the Dev Matrix room where it was suggested we use a font set that has matching sans and serif variants. Two suggestions: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/merriweather / https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/merriweather-sans Noto Sans / Noto Serif

[EbonJaeger]

Budgie edition now uses full Noto Sans for fonts (except monospace) as of https://github.com/solus-packages/budgie-desktop-branding/commit/95433316889a7da3104d20b1c0c771eeffdb0a4d

[ermo]

We have agreed to switch the default to Noto Sans and Noto Serif.

Update branding packages accordding @ZachBacon @ReillyBrogan @joebonrichie

[TraceyC77]

I've created subtasks so the different branding packages can be worked on independently. This task can be marked done when all branding has been updated.

[joebonrichie]

Resolved by #667