Adding Noto Sans Sinhala as the system default Sinhala font on Arch linux

[Prasad Lakmal]

Hello,
I'm trying to change the LKLUG Sinhala font to Noto Sans Sinhala because LKLUG is a bit outdated and difficult to read web content with that font. I tried messing around with the user font config file ($HOME/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf) but no luck. It does apply the font but partially. For example, when I browse the web, part of the content is rendered in LKLUG some parts in Noto Sans Sinhala. I would like to know a way to fix this if anyone knows.

This is the content of my $HOME/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf file. 

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
<match target="pattern">
 <test name="lang" compare="contains">
  <string>si</string>
 </test>
 <edit mode="prepend" binding="strong" name="family">
  <string>Noto Sans Sinhala</string>
 </edit>
</match>
<dir>~/.fonts</dir>
</fontconfig>

[Supun Sudaraka]

Does this help? https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Localization/Indic#Sinhalese

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[Prasad Lakmal]

Thanks, Got this fixed by updating the font configuration file as below. 

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>

<!-- Fallback fonts preference order -->
<alias>
 <family>sans-serif</family>
 <prefer>
  <family>Noto Sans</family>
  <family>Open Sans</family>
  <family>Droid Sans</family>
  <family>Roboto</family>
  <family>Tholoth</family>
  <family>Noto Sans Sinhala</family>
 </prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
 <family>serif</family>
 <prefer>
  <family>Noto Serif</family>
  <family>Droid Serif</family>
  <family>Roboto Slab</family>
  <family>Tholoth</family>
  <family>Noto Sans Sinhala</family>
 </prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
 <family>monospace</family>
 <prefer>
  <family>Noto Sans Mono</family>
  <family>Inconsolata</family>
  <family>Droid Sans Mono</family>
  <family>Roboto Mono</family>
 </prefer>
</alias>

<match target="pattern">
 <test name="lang" compare="contains">
  <string>si</string>
 </test>

 <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="strong">

  <string>Noto Sans Sinhala</string>
 </edit>
</match>
<dir>~/.fonts</dir>
</fontconfig>

[Supun Sudaraka]

Nice. Thank you for sharing the answer.

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