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Font configuration file to override "emboldening" of fonts without a bold version.
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.fonts.conf
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!--
This overrides what's in /etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf for
"faking" bold fonts, but only for monospace fonts.
-->
<fontconfig>
<match target="font">
<test name="spacing" compare="eq">
<const>mono</const>
</test>
<edit name="embolden" mode="assign">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
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Copy to file ~/.fonts.conf. I think it goes in ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf on more recent fontconfig versions.

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