Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.0)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages
OS:                Linux

I noticed that KDE systems without msttcorefonts installed made some sites look ugly -- use non-antialiased fonts, despite my choice of Bitstream Vera antialiased fonts as the standard.  Examples of these sites include cnn.com and theregister.co.uk.

After some consideration, I set up an /etc/fonts/local.conf file to replace Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, and sans-serif faces with the Bitstream Vera Sans face.  This works *perfectly* in Firefox.  But Konqeuror appears to completely ignore this file.  I'm perplexed by that, especially since /usr/bin/konqueror is linked against libfontconfig.so.1.

Here's my /etc/fonts/local.conf:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <include ignore_missing="yes">/var/lib/defoma/fontconfig.d/fonts.conf</include>
  <dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts</dir>
  <match target="font">
    <test qual="all" name="rgba">
      <const>unknown</const>
    </test>
    <edit name="rgba" mode="assign"><const>rgb</const></edit>
  </match>
  <match target="font">
    <edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
      <bool>true</bool>
    </edit>
  </match>

 <match target="pattern">
   <test name="family">
     <string>Arial</string>
   </test>
   <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="same">
      <string>Bitstream Vera Sans</string>
   </edit>
 </match>

 <match target="pattern">
   <test name="family">
     <string>Times New Roman</string>
   </test>
   <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="same">
      <string>Bitstream Vera Serif</string>
   </edit>
 </match>

 <match target="pattern">
   <test name="family">
     <string>Courier New</string>
   </test>
   <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="same">
      <string>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</string>
   </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="pattern">
   <test name="family">
     <string>Verdana</string>
   </test>
   <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="same">
      <string>Bitstream Vera Sans</string>
   </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="pattern">
   <test name="family">
     <string>Helvetica</string>
   </test>
   <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="same">
      <string>Bitstream Vera Sans</string>
   </edit>
 </match>
 <match target="pattern">
   <test name="family">
     <string>sans-serif</string>
   </test>
   <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="same">
      <string>Bitstream Vera Sans</string>
   </edit>
 </match>



</fontconfig>