There may be something wrong on my ~amd64 system font setup. The status of the various fontconfig configurations are shown below:
# eselect fontconfig list Available fontconfig .conf files (* is enabled): [1] 01-defaults.conf [2] 09-texlive.conf * [3] 10-autohint.conf * [4] 10-no-sub-pixel.conf [5] 10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf [6] 10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf * [7] 10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf [8] 10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf [9] 10-unhinted.conf [10] 11-lcdfilter-default.conf * [11] 11-lcdfilter-legacy.conf [12] 11-lcdfilter-light.conf [13] 20-fix-globaladvance.conf * [14] 20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf [15] 20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf [16] 20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf [17] 20-unhint-small-vera.conf [18] 25-unhint-nonlatin.conf [19] 30-metric-aliases.conf * [20] 30-urw-aliases.conf * [21] 31-cantarell.conf * [22] 40-nonlatin.conf * [23] 42-luxi-mono.conf [24] 45-latin.conf * [25] 49-sansserif.conf * [26] 50-user.conf * [27] 51-local.conf * [28] 52-infinality.conf * [29] 57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf [30] 57-dejavu-sans.conf [31] 57-dejavu-serif.conf [32] 59-google-droid-sans-mono.conf * [33] 59-google-droid-sans.conf * [34] 59-google-droid-serif.conf * [35] 60-latin.conf * [36] 60-liberation.conf [37] 62-croscore-arimo.conf [38] 62-croscore-cousine.conf [39] 62-croscore-symbolneu.conf [40] 62-croscore-tinos.conf [41] 65-fonts-persian.conf * [42] 65-khmer.conf [43] 65-nonlatin.conf * [44] 69-unifont.conf * [45] 70-no-bitmaps.conf [46] 70-yes-bitmaps.conf [47] 80-delicious.conf * [48] 90-synthetic.conf * [49] 99pdftoopvp.conf Althoug 59-google-droid-serif.conf is enabled, the monospace font is being mapped to "Courier New": # fc-match monospace cour.ttf: "Courier New" "Normal" If I remove corefonts (which provides the "Courier New" font), monospace is mapped to "Consolas". Enabling 57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf also is not having any effect. This is happening for all users, including the root user. Any help is welcome. Romildo