diff --git a/fonts/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf b/fonts/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf
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+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
+<fontconfig>
+
+    <dir>~/.fonts</dir>
+
+    <!--    do not use the embedded bitmap instead of the outline
+        <https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fonts-conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+and+Ports>
+        <https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=161609> post 2 (2013)
+        <https://redd.it/7kqr5l> (2017) -->
+    <match target="font">
+        <edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign">
+            <bool>false</bool>
+        </edit>
+    </match>
+
+    <!--    prefer outline e.g. TrueType instead of bitmap fonts
+        <https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=161609> post 2 (2013)
+        <https://redd.it/4tb2dt> (2016) -->
+    <match target="font">
+        <edit name="prefer_outline">
+            <bool>true</bool>
+        </edit>
+    </match>
+
+    <!--    reject bitmap fonts, except Ohsnapu - prefer PostScript, TrueType et cetera
+        <https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/howto-nice-fonts.2021/> (2009)
+        <https://redd.it/4tb2dt> (2016) -->
+    <selectfont>
+        <acceptfont>
+            <pattern>
+                <patelt name="family">
+                    <string>lime</string>
+                </patelt>
+            </pattern>
+        </acceptfont>
+        <acceptfont>
+            <pattern>
+                <patelt name="family">
+                    <string>Siji</string>
+                </patelt>
+            </pattern>
+        </acceptfont>
+        <rejectfont>
+            <pattern>
+                <patelt name="scalable">
+                    <bool>false</bool>
+                </patelt>
+            </pattern>
+        </rejectfont>
+    </selectfont>
+
+</fontconfig>