Use Ian Jackson's `trad' versions of 6x13 for general display.

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

<fontconfig>

  <!-- Hacking for the fixed font.

       After many half-hearted attempts to make this work properly, I'm
       finally settling on this approach: define MiscFixed6x13 as a
       magic name for the right font, and then hack configuration files
       as necessary to make them use it.
    -->
  <selectfont>
    <acceptfont>
      <pattern>
	<patelt name="family"><string>Fixed</string></patelt>
	<patelt name="width"><int>87</int></patelt>
      </pattern>
    </acceptfont>
    <rejectfont>
      <pattern>
	<patelt name="scalable"><bool>false</bool></patelt>
      </pattern>
    </rejectfont>
  </selectfont>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test name="family"><string>MiscFixed6x13</string></test>
    <test name="slant" compare="more_eq"><int>10</int></test>
    <!-- edit name="size"><double>12</double></edit -->
    <edit name="style"><string>Oblique SemiCondensed</string></edit>
    <edit name="width"><int>87</int></edit>
    <edit name="family"><string>Fixed</string></edit>
    <edit name="foundry"><string>Trad</string></edit>
    <edit name="dpi"><int>75</int></edit>
    <edit mode="assign" name="pixelsize"><double>13</double></edit>
  </match>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test name="family"><string>MiscFixed6x13</string></test>
    <test name="weight" compare="more_eq"><int>150</int></test>
    <!-- edit name="size"><double>12</double></edit -->
    <edit name="style"><string>Bold SemiCondensed</string></edit>
    <edit name="width"><int>87</int></edit>
    <edit name="family"><string>Fixed</string></edit>
    <edit name="foundry"><string>Trad</string></edit>
    <edit name="dpi"><int>75</int></edit>
    <edit mode="assign" name="pixelsize"><double>13</double></edit>
  </match>
  <match target="pattern">
    <test name="family"><string>MiscFixed6x13</string></test>
    <!-- edit name="size"><double>12</double></edit -->
    <edit name="style"><string>SemiCondensed</string></edit>
    <edit name="width"><int>87</int></edit>
    <edit name="family"><string>Fixed</string></edit>
    <edit name="foundry"><string>Trad</string></edit>
    <edit name="dpi"><int>75</int></edit>
    <edit mode="assign" name="pixelsize"><double>13</double></edit>
  </match>

  <match target="pattern">
    <test name="family"><string>Symbol</string></test>
    <edit name="foundry"><string>urw</string></edit>
  </match>

  <!-- Hacking for the symbol font.

       This seems to be necessary to get Iceweasel/Firefox to do the
       right thing with MathML and suchlike.
    -->
  <match target="pattern">
    <test name="family"><string>symbol</string></test>
    <edit binding="strong" mode="append" name="family">
      <string>Standard Symbols L</string>
    </edit>
  </match>

  <match targets="pattern">
    <test name="family"><string>Geneva</string></test>
    <edit mode="append" name="family"><string>FreeSans</string></edit>
  </match>

  <!-- KDE put this here, but it seems worthwhile.

       Modified so as to force slight hinting rather than medium,
       because that actually seems to produce more legible characters.
    -->
  <match target="font">
    <test name="scalable"><bool>true</bool></test>
    <edit mode="assign" name="rgba"><const>none</const></edit>
    <edit mode="assign" name="hinting"><bool>true</bool></edit>
    <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"><const>hintslight</const></edit>
    <edit mode="assign" name="antialias"><bool>true</bool></edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>