ernstki · December 16, 2025 23:30 · wdoekes · Apr 30, 2024 · DJGoossens · Dec 18, 2024
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 #!/usr/bin/env perl
 ##
 ##  Easily disable fonts that aren't for your language, or language-specific
 ##  variants from large font families like Noto -- WITHOUT uninstalling them
 ##
 ##  Authors:  Kevin Ernst <ernstki -at- mail.uc.edu>, @wdoekes
 ##  License:  MIT or CC-BY-SA-4.0, at your option
 ##  Source:   https://gist.github.com/ernstki/2ae279ad89888e4099c9852bf0ba5d11
 ##
 ##  Usage:
 ##    ./fc-reject.pl > ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/88-reject.conf.new && \
 ##    mv ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/88-reject.conf{.new,}
 ##
 use v5.12;
 use warnings;
 use autodie;

 my $rejectlist = {};
 # languages I want to keep, e.g., my native language plus 'und-zsye' for emoji
 # (ref: https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35)
 my $mylangs    = 'en|de|und-zsye';
 # reject these fonts unconditionally, even if they claim to support my language
 # (easier than uninstalling; they may be depends/recommends for other packages)
 my $rejectfam  = '^(Kacst|AR PL|Noto.*CJK)';  # Arabic and East Asian scripts
 # filter out language-specific font variants for languages I don't use from any
 # font family matched by the $filterfam regexp
 my $filterfam  = '^Noto';
 # always keep fonts that match the $keepfam regexp, regardless of lang. support
 my $keepfam    = '^Noto (Music|Symbols|Sans Linear [AB])';

 open my $fh, '-|', 'fc-cat';
 while (<$fh>) {
    # a typical line of output from `fc-cat` looks like this:
    #   "NotoSerifHebrew-Regular.ttf" 0 "Noto Serif Hebrew:…:lang=he(|…):…
    # …which would yield $name = 'Noto Serif Hebrew' and @langs = ('he')
    if (/.* "([^:,]+).*:lang=([^:]*)/) {
        my ($name, @langs) = ($1, split(/\|/, $2));
        next if $name =~ /$keepfam/;
        if ($name =~ /$rejectfam/) {
            $rejectlist->{$name} = 1;
            next;
        }
        if ($name =~ /$filterfam/) {
            unless (@langs) {
                # if you want to retain any of these, add to $keepfam, above
                warn "Family '$name' specified no languages\n";
                $rejectlist->{$name} = 1;
                next;
            }
            $rejectlist->{$name} = 1 unless map { /$mylangs/ } @langs;
        }
    }
 }
 close $fh;

 print <<EOF;
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
 <fontconfig>
  <selectfont>
    <rejectfont>
 EOF

 foreach my $name (sort keys %$rejectlist) {
    print <<EOF;
      <pattern>
        <patelt name="family">
          <string>$name</string>
        </patelt>
      </pattern>
 EOF
 }

 print <<EOF;
    </rejectfont>
  </selectfont>
 </fontconfig>
 EOF

 # vim: shiftwidth=4 tabstop=4 expandtab
	#!/usr/bin/env perl
	##
	## Easily disable fonts that aren't for your language, or language-specific
	## variants from large font families like Noto -- WITHOUT uninstalling them
	##
	## Authors: Kevin Ernst <ernstki -at- mail.uc.edu>, @wdoekes
	## License: MIT or CC-BY-SA-4.0, at your option
	## Source: https://gist.github.com/ernstki/2ae279ad89888e4099c9852bf0ba5d11
	##
	## Usage:
	## ./fc-reject.pl > ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/88-reject.conf.new && \
	## mv ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/88-reject.conf{.new,}
	##
	use v5.12;
	use warnings;
	use autodie;

	my $rejectlist = {};
	# languages I want to keep, e.g., my native language plus 'und-zsye' for emoji
	# (ref: https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35)
	my $mylangs = 'en\|de\|und-zsye';
	# reject these fonts unconditionally, even if they claim to support my language
	# (easier than uninstalling; they may be depends/recommends for other packages)
	my $rejectfam = '^(Kacst\|AR PL\|Noto.*CJK)'; # Arabic and East Asian scripts
	# filter out language-specific font variants for languages I don't use from any
	# font family matched by the $filterfam regexp
	my $filterfam = '^Noto';
	# always keep fonts that match the $keepfam regexp, regardless of lang. support
	my $keepfam = '^Noto (Music\|Symbols\|Sans Linear [AB])';

	open my $fh, '-\|', 'fc-cat';
	while (<$fh>) {
	# a typical line of output from `fc-cat` looks like this:
	# "NotoSerifHebrew-Regular.ttf" 0 "Noto Serif Hebrew:…:lang=he(\|…):…
	# …which would yield $name = 'Noto Serif Hebrew' and @langs = ('he')
	if (/.* "([^:,]+).:lang=([^:])/) {
	my ($name, @langs) = ($1, split(/\\|/, $2));
	next if $name =~ /$keepfam/;
	if ($name =~ /$rejectfam/) {
	$rejectlist->{$name} = 1;
	next;
	}
	if ($name =~ /$filterfam/) {
	unless (@langs) {
	# if you want to retain any of these, add to $keepfam, above
	warn "Family '$name' specified no languages\n";
	$rejectlist->{$name} = 1;
	next;
	}
	$rejectlist->{$name} = 1 unless map { /$mylangs/ } @langs;
	}
	}
	}
	close $fh;

	print <<EOF;
	<?xml version="1.0"?>
	<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
	<fontconfig>
	<selectfont>
	<rejectfont>
	EOF

	foreach my $name (sort keys %$rejectlist) {
	print <<EOF;
	<pattern>
	<patelt name="family">
	<string>$name</string>
	</patelt>
	</pattern>
	EOF
	}

	print <<EOF;
	</rejectfont>
	</selectfont>
	</fontconfig>
	EOF

	# vim: shiftwidth=4 tabstop=4 expandtab
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