Arabic fonts in Opensuse Tumbleweed

99-arabic.conf

<!-- This fixes the Arabic font display on various Linux Distros -->
<!--There is quick fix for that: Simply add a new file to /etc/fonts/conf.d/ amd name it 99-arabic.conf-->


<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>

<!-- Default -->
<match>
  <edit mode="prepend" name="family">
  <string>Noto Sans</string>
  </edit>
</match>

<!-- Default for the ar_ locale  -->
<match>
  <test compare="contains" name="lang">
  <string>ar</string>
  </test>
  <edit mode="prepend" name="family">
  <string>Noto Sans Arabic UI</string>
  </edit>
</match>

<!-- Default sans-serif font -->
<match target="pattern">
  <test qual="any" name="family"><string>sans-serif</string></test>
  <!--<test qual="any" name="lang"><string>ar</string></test>-->
  <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="same"><string>Noto Sans</string></edit>
</match>

<!-- Default serif -->
<match target="pattern">
  <test qual="any" name="family"><string>serif</string></test>
  <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="same"><string>Noto Serif</string></edit>
  <edit name="family" mode="append" binding="same"><string>Noto Sans Arabic</string></edit>
  <edit name="family" mode="append" binding="same"><string>Noto Sans Arabic UI</string></edit>
</match>

<!-- Default monospace  -->
<match target="pattern">
  <test qual="any" name="family"><string>monospace</string></test>
  <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="same"><string>Noto Sans Arabic</string></edit>
  <edit name="family" mode="append" binding="same"><string>Noto Sans Arabic UI</string></edit>
</match>

<!-- Default DejaVu Serif -->
<match target="pattern">
  <test qual="any" name="family"><string>DejaVu Serif</string></test>
  <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong"><string>Noto Sans Arabic</string></edit>
  <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong"><string>Noto Sans Arabic UI</string></edit>
</match>

  <!-- Default DejaVu Sans -->
<match target="pattern">
  <test qual="any" name="family"><string>DejaVu Sans</string></test>
  <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong"><string>Noto Sans Arabic</string></edit>
  <edit name="family" mode="assign" binding="strong"><string>Noto Sans Arabic UI</string></edit>
</match>

<!-- Fallback fonts preference order -->
<alias>
  <family>sans-serif</family>
  <prefer>
  <family>Noto Sans</family>
  <family>Open Sans</family>
  <family>Droid Sans</family>
  <family>Ubuntu</family>
  <family>Roboto</family>
  <family>Noto Arabic</family>
  <family>Noto Sans Arabic UI</family>
  </prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
  <family>serif</family>
  <prefer>
  <family>Noto Serif</family>
  <family>Droid Serif</family>
  <family>Roboto Slab</family>
  <family>Noto Sans Arabic</family>
  </prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
  <family>monospace</family>
  <prefer>
  <family>Ubuntu Mono</family>
  <family>Droid Sans Mono</family>
  <family>Roboto Mono</family>
  <family>Noto Sans Arabic</family>
  </prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
  <family>DejaVu Serif</family>
  <prefer>
  <family>Ubuntu Mono</family>
  <family>Droid Sans Mono</family>
  <family>Roboto Mono</family>
  <family>Noto Sans Arabic</family>
  </prefer>
</alias>
<alias>
  <family>DejaVu Sans</family>
  <prefer>
  <family>Ubuntu Mono</family>
  <family>Droid Sans Mono</family>
  <family>Roboto Mono</family>
  <family>Noto Sans Arabic</family>
  </prefer>
</alias>

<dir>~/.fonts</dir>
</fontconfig>