Add support for configuring font fallbacks
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Description
Motivation: https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty/issues/957
Freetype/Fontconfig: ?
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No repository files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reading the linked motivation and the DirectWrite and Core Text references, then investigate the Freetype/Fontconfig path noted in the issue; done means defining and implementing configurable font fallback across the supported platforms.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100