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Substitute Linux default font family for Arabic with Helvetica World. Save as /etc/fonts/conf.d/99-arabic.conf
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99-arabic.conf
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/fonts.conf for per-user font configuration -->
<fontconfig>
<match>
<test name="lang" compare="contains">
<string>ar</string>
</test>
<test name="family" compare="not_eq">
<string>monospace</string>
</test>
<edit name="family" mode="prepend">
<string>Helvetica World</string>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
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