Fontconfig Configuration

The following is a fontconfig configuration file (.fonts.conf) is for a Samsung SyncMaster 191T LCD monitor connected via DVI-D to an ATi X1800XTX video card.
    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
    <fontconfig>
       <!-- Info at http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Xorg_and_Fonts -->

       <!-- Replace Courier with a better-looking font -->
       <match target="pattern" name="family">
          <test name="family" qual="any">
             <string>Courier</string>
          </test>
          <edit name="family" mode="assign">
             <!-- Other choices - Courier New, Luxi Mono -->
             <string>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</string>
          </edit>
       </match>

       <match target="font">
          <edit name="rgba" mode="assign">
             <const>vrgb</const>
          </edit>
          <edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
             <bool>true</bool>
          </edit>
          <edit name="antialias" mode="assign">
             <bool>true</bool>
          </edit>
          <edit name="hinting" mode="assign">
             <bool>true</bool>
          </edit>
          <edit name="hintstyle" mode="assign">
             <const>hintmedium</const>
          </edit>
       </match>

       <!-- Disable autohint for bold fonts, otherwise they look *too* bold -->
       <match target="font">
          <test name="weight" compare="more">
             <const>medium</const>
          </test>
          <edit name="autohint" mode="assign">
             <bool>false</bool>
          </edit>
       </match>

       <!-- Reject bitmap fonts in favour of Truetype, Postscript, etc. -->
       <selectfont>
          <rejectfont>
             <pattern>
                <patelt name="scalable">
                   <bool>false</bool>
                </patelt>
             </pattern>
          </rejectfont>
       </selectfont>
    </fontconfig>