Common font aliases are fixed, and variable
- edit the fonts.alias file located in one of the following directories, depending on your software distribution, and install location
/usr/X11R6/share/fonts/misc/fonts.alias /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias
- add or edit the following format
''[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