&gt; <i>fonts on my Linux box either render strangely or are downright ugly</i><p>The &quot;fc-match&quot; command can be used with font-family name to figure out what fallback font your system is selecting by default. There is also a &quot;fonts.conf&quot; file in which you can specify your preferred fallback.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.archlinux.org&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;Fonts#Fallback_font_order_with_X11" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.archlinux.org&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;Fonts#Fallback_font_ord...</a>