Gnome-Terminal and Misc-Fixed-6x13

Everyone knows that Misc-Fixed 6x13 is the font for Xshells (Xterms, Gnome-Terminals. . . . With Gnome on Debian, and perhaps other distros, out-of-the-box there is no way to select old-fashioned bitmap fonts for Gnome apps. Wrong!

Update:

Simply

    cd /etc/fonts/conf.d
    ln -s ../conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf

Create /etc/fonts/local.conf with

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
    <!-- /etc/fonts/fonts.conf file to configure system font access -->
    <fontconfig>
    <!-- Font directory list -->
    <dir>/usr/share/X11</dir>
    </fontconfig>

Run
```
    fc-cache -fv
```

Original Entry:

If required, download miscfixed.zip and unzip in ~/.fonts.

Add some local config to your fonts — /etc/fonts/local.conf:

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
    <fontconfig>
     <selectfont>
      <acceptfont>
       <pattern>
        <patelt name="family"><string>Fixed</string></patelt>
        <patelt name="family"><string>fixed</string></patelt>
        <patelt name="family"><string>MiscFixed</string></patelt>
       </pattern>
      </acceptfont>
     </selectfont>
    <!-- conf.d/yes-bitmaps.conf -->
    <!-- Accept bitmap fonts -->
     <selectfont>
      <acceptfont>
       <pattern>
         <patelt name="scalable"><bool>false</bool></patelt>
       </pattern>
      </acceptfont>
     </selectfont>
    <!-- conf.d/sub-pixel.conf -->
    <!--  Enable sub-pixel rendering -->
      <match target="font">
        <edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit>
      </match>
    </fontconfig>

Ensure fc-cache picks up ~/.fonts — it probably does; simply running fc-cache -fv below will confirm yes or no.
Regenerate the cache:
```
    fc-cache -fv
```

Check all is how nature intended:

    prompt> fc-list ":" family pixelsize | grep -i fixed
    MiscFixed:pixelsize=20
    MiscFixed:pixelsize=18
    .
    .
    MiscFixed:pixelsize=7

Shutdown all instance of gnome-terminal — else you don't pick up the new config — and start a new one: Edit profiles and choose MiscFixed as the font — bizarrely it seems that you choose size 11 or 12 for good-old 6x13.

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