How to create aliases for fonts in X Windows

Common font aliases are fixed, and variable

/usr/X11R6/share/fonts/misc/fonts.alias /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias [font alias name] [full font name] Example: fixed       -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1 variable    -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
 * 1) edit the fonts.alias file located in one of the following directories, depending on your software distribution, and install location
 * 1) add or edit the following format

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