The solution? Using a ~/.fonts.conf file to set Chinese font as the preferred one for Serif and Sans-Serif. Direct editing /etc/fonts/fonts.conf will has your settings reset on upgrade. For a system-wised customization, do it in /etc/fonts/local.conf, this is on a Debian box.
Another advantage on using ~/.fonts.conf is that you might have users using different locales (hint: Japanese) on the same box. You don't want to interfere with other people's fonts.
修改 ~/.fonts.conf 文件,提高中文字型在系统字型中的优先次序。
简单来说,/etc/fonts/fonts.conf 会先加载我们的 ~/.fonts.conf ,然后才设定系统字型(Serif, Sans-Serif)的组合字型的优先次序。我们先设定了,系统的就在我们屁股后面了。
Use the following command to find out fonts that fontconfig knows:
使用以下命令列出系统中的字型:
$ fc-list
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<!-- ~/.fonts.conf file to configure user font access -->
<fontconfig>
<alias>
<family>serif</family>
<prefer>
<family>Bitstream Vera Serif</family>
<family>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni</family>
<family>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni MBE</family>
</prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>sans-serif</family>
<prefer>
<family>Bitstream Vera Sans</family>
<family>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni</family>
<family>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni MBE</family>
</prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
<family>monospace</family>
<prefer>
<family>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</family>
<family>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni</family>
<family>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni MBE</family>
</prefer>
</alias>
</fontconfig>
We put the Bitsteam serie fonts in front of our Chinese fonts because we don't want to see westen alphabetic glyphs from our Chinese fonts.