setting up nasin-nanpa in linux and librewolf/firefox

README.md

sitelen pona in linux and librewolf/firefox

instructions

1. download nasin-nanpa from here. not the Helvetica or USCUR version
2. edit /etc/fonts/local.conf (to add the font system-wide) or ~/.config/fontconfig/font.conf (to add for your user only) to specify nasin nanpa (note the lack of hyphen) as a fallback. attached is an example fontconfig
3. run the following to reload the font cache:

$ fc-cache -f -v

4. create the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/[your profile]/chrome/userChrome.css. for librewolf users such as myself, the location is ~/.librewolf/[your profile]/chrome/userChrome.css. you may need to create the chrome folder. attached is an example userChrome.css to enable nasin-nanpa in the firefox ui
5. navigate to about:config and modify the values listed in about.config below
6. restart librewolf/firefox
7. you should be able to see this text 󱤴󱥅󱤉󱥾󱤄 and copy/paste it into your address bar. if not, you're on your own. please leave a comment if you figure it out so i can update accordingly
8. enjoy speaking toki pona on the internet! 󱥞󱥵󱤀

troubleshooting

you may need to enable the configuration files

• for global settings:

$ ln -s /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/51-local.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/

• for local settings:

$ mkdir ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d
$ ln -s /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/51-local.conf ~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d

then, reload the cache again with:

`$ fc-cache -f -v

about.config

font.default.x-unicode	serif, nasin-nanpa	
font.default.x-western	serif, nasin-nanpa	
font.name-list.cursive.x-unicode	cursive, nasin-nanpa	
font.name-list.cursive.x-western	cursive, nasin-nanpa	
font.name-list.monospace.x-unicode	monospace, nasin-nanpa	
font.name-list.monospace.x-western	monospace, nasin-nanpa	
font.name-list.sans-serif.x-unicode	sans-serif, nasin-nanpa	
font.name-list.sans-serif.x-western	sans-serif, nasin-nanpa	
font.name-list.serif.x-unicode	serif, nasin-nanpa	
font.name-list.serif.x-western	serif, nasin-nanpa	
gfx.font_rendering.fontconfig.max_generic_substitutions	127
toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets	true

local.conf

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "urn:fontconfig:fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <!-- Fallback fonts preference order -->
  <alias>
    <family>sans-serif</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Sans</family>
      <family>Open Sans</family>
      <family>Droid Sans</family>
      <family>Roboto</family>
      <family>nasin nanpa</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>serif</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Serif</family>
      <family>Droid Serif</family>
      <family>Roboto Slab</family>
      <family>nasin nanpa</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>monospace</family>
    <prefer>
      <family>Noto Sans Mono</family>
      <family>Inconsolata</family>
      <family>Droid Sans Mono</family>
      <family>Roboto Mono</family>
	<family>nasin nanpa</family>
    </prefer>
  </alias>
</fontconfig>

userChrome.css

* {
    font-family: sans-serif, nasin-nanpa;
}