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Fontconfig file for better firefox fonts on *NIX on websites like Github and Twitter
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
<!-- Set preferred serif, sans serif, and monospace fonts. -->
<alias>
<family>serif</family>
<prefer><family>Droid Serif</family></prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>sans-serif</family>
<prefer><family>Alef</family></prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>sans</family>
<prefer><family>Alef</family></prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>monospace</family>
<prefer><family>Droid Sans Mono</family></prefer>
</alias>
<!-- Aliases for commonly used MS fonts. -->
<match>
<test name="family"><string>Arial</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
<string>Alef</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match>
<test name="family"><string>Helvetica</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
<string>Alef</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match>
<test name="family"><string>Verdana</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
<string>Alef</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match>
<test name="family"><string>Tahoma</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
<string>Alef</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match>
<!-- Insert joke here -->
<test name="family"><string>Comic Sans MS</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
<string>Alef</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match>
<test name="family"><string>Times New Roman</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
<string>Droid Serif</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match>
<test name="family"><string>Times</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
<string>Droid Serif</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match>
<test name="family"><string>Courier New</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
<string>Droid Sans Mono</string>
</edit>
</match>
<match>
<test name="family"><string>Segoe UI</string></test>
<edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong">
<string>Alef</string>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
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