Fedora 30 and Slackware 14.2, how to obtain the same rendering?

Look this very good rendering on Slackware 14.2
in my opinion is near perfect.

Now look the same page on Fedora 30

In my opinion the fonts on Fedora are too small and difficult to read, I prefer the fat fonts of Slackware 14.2.
Is possible to get the same rendering?
On Fedora I use the same settings of Slackware

Fonts: Deja Vu sans 10
DPI: 96
Hinting: slight

Of course Firefox use the same settings too
Sans Serif 16

On /etc/profile.d/freetype.sh I use this settings on Fedora

export FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=truetype:interpreter-version=35

And /etc/X11/Xresources is this on Fedora

Xft.hinting: true
Xft.autohint: false
Xft.rgba: rgb
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight

On Slackware is missing,so I cannot paste.

Any suggestion to avoid headache and eyes burning and get the same rendering of Slackware 14.2?
I have noticed the same problem on Slackware current
I use the Freetype 35 because otherwise fonts are even more small and unreadable.

LOL

From here they look the same except one is a bold font weight and the other is a lighter font weight.

The problem is: how to get the bold font in Fedora?
The Firefox settings are identical(font sans-serif 16) for both
The fonts used by xfce4 are identical: deja-vu sans 10

Why not copy all your fonts from your Slackware installation into your Fedora installation?

Tried,but fc-cache -fv fail.

You should post the details of what you did EXACTLY and all error messages.

I have try first putting all fonts in

$HOME/.fonts

And running fc-cache -fv

give error

/usr/bin/fc-cache-64: failed

Then I have tried installing the same fonts of slackware
using dnf..but the page of "televideo" is similar to image
of first post, fonts not bold.

--- Post updated at 06:41 PM ---

I see this "fonts not bold" in
Slackware-current
Mageia 7
Debian 10
They have in common the new freetype version 2.9>, Slackware 14.2 use the old freetype version 2.6.3
Searching on web I found this "workaround"
editing a file in /etc/profile.d for example /etc/profile.d/freetype2.sh

export FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=truetype:interpreter-version=35

After a X11 restart I see good fonts on Xfce4 terminal,but firefox rendering is not
good as Slackware 14.2 with the old freetype.
Without this workaround the fonts rendering is very bad.

I think is not problem of fonts but Freetype rendering.

--- Post updated at 06:50 PM ---

I forgot, if useful this is my fonts. local.conf

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
    <match target="pattern">

<!-- La rasterizzazione dei caratteri converte i dati vettoriali dei font
     in immagini bitmap, così da poter essere visualizzati sullo schermo.
     Il risultato può apparire frastagliato per via dell'aliasing.
     L'anti-aliasing aumenta il dettaglio visivo dei bordi dei caratteri. -->
        <edit mode="append" name="antialias">
            <bool>true</bool>
        </edit>

<!-- Abilitando l'opzione "hinting", le istruzioni di hinting TrueType
     incorporate nei font vengono interpretate dal Byte-Code Interpreter
     (BCI) di FreeType. Questa è la scelta migliore in caso di font
     contenenti buone istruzioni di hinting. -->
        <edit mode="append" name="hinting">
            <bool>true</bool>
        </edit>

<!-- L'hintstyle rappresenta quanto influenza avrà l'hinting sul risultato
     finale. Può essere impostato in "hintfull", "hintmedium", "hintslight"
     e "hintnone". Con autohint abilitato è consigliato "hintslight", mentre
     con autohint disabilitato (BCI) è consigliato "hintfull", ma è una
     scelta abbastanza soggettiva. -->
        <edit mode="append" name="hintstyle">
            <const>hintslight</const>
        </edit>

<!-- Il subpixel rendering riesce a triplicare efficacemente la risoluzione
     orizzontale o verticale dei font usando i subpixel del monitor.
     Fontconfig deve sapere che tipo di subpixel usa il vostro monitor per
     visualizzare correttamente i caratteri. Le possibili opzioni sono:
     "rgb", "bgr", "vrgb", "vbgr", "unknown" e "none". Moltissimi monitor
     odierni usano le specifiche "rgb" (Red-Green-Blue).
     Non abilitare contemporaneamente questa opzione e l'autohinter. -->
        <edit mode="append" name="rgba">
            <const>rgb</const>
        </edit>

<!-- Quando si usa il subpixel rendering bisognerebbe abilitare il filtro
     LCD, che serve ad ridurre i bordi colorati dei font. Il filtro
     "lcddefault" è quello più comune; "lcdlight" è un filtro leggero ideale
     per i font che sembrano troppo spessi o tenui; "lcdlegacy" è il filtro
     originale di Cairo; "lcdnone" disabilita il filtro. -->
        <edit mode="append" name="lcdfilter">
            <const>lcddefault</const>
        </edit>

<!-- Abilitando l'autohinter verranno ignorate le istruzioni di hinting
     contenute nei font e verrà usato invece un algoritmo generico di
     hinting che risulta spesso peggiore ma potrebbe migliorare la
     visualizzazione dei font che non hanno istruzioni incorporate, come
     molti font nel formato OpenType.
     Nelle più recenti versioni di FreeType, se l'hintstyle è impostato su
     "hintslight", verrà usato automaticamente l'autohinter se il font non
     contiene le istruzioni incorporate, quindi meglio ignorare questa
     opzione, così da essere gestita automaticamente. -->
<!--
        <edit mode="append" name="autohint">
            <bool>false</bool>
        </edit>
-->

<!-- Fontconfig dovrebbe prendere il valore DPI da Xorg. Per controllare
     il valore di Xorg usare il comando 'xdpyinfo | grep resolution'
     Per impostare manualmente il DPI disabilitare i tag-commento sotto -->
<!--
        <edit mode="append" name="dpi">
            <double>96</double>
        </edit>
-->

<!-- Alcuni font incorporano una versione bitmap che potrebbe essere usata
     al posto della vettoriale, specie alle dimensioni più piccole. Con
     questa opzione si disattiva l'utilizzo di questi caratteri bitmap. -->
        <edit mode="append" name="embeddedbitmap">
            <bool>false</bool>
        </edit>

    </match>

<!-- Rifiuta l'uso di font bitmap, Fontconfig userà solo font vettoriali
     tipo TrueType, OpenType, Postscript, ecc. -->
    <selectfont><rejectfont><pattern>
        <patelt name="scalable"><bool>false</bool></patelt>
    </pattern></rejectfont></selectfont>

<!-- Rifiuta i font Type 1 perché non hanno un buon rendering -->
    <selectfont><rejectfont><pattern>
        <patelt name="fontformat"><string>Type 1</string></patelt>
    </pattern></rejectfont></selectfont>

<!-- I font predefiniti "Serif", "Sans-Serif" e "Monospace" sono in realtà
     degli alias a dei font predefiniti, e possono essere cambiati usando la
     sostituzione font. Con lo stesso metodo si possono anche creare degli
     alias per altri font, l'importante è non dare un nome all'alias che sia
     uguale al nome di un font già presente nel sistema. Per esempio se non è
     installato Arial si può creare un alias con un suo font simile come FreeSans.
     Per personalizzare gli alias togliere i tag-commento sotto -->
<!--
    <alias>
        <family>serif</family>
        <prefer><family>DejaVu Serif</family></prefer>
    </alias>
    <alias>
        <family>sans-serif</family>
        <prefer><family>DejaVu Sans</family></prefer>
    </alias>
    <alias>
        <family>monospace</family>
        <prefer><family>DejaVu Sans Mono</family></prefer>
    </alias>

    <alias>
        <family>Arial</family>
        <prefer><family>FreeSans</family></prefer>
    </alias>
-->

</fontconfig>

I don't think it has anything to do with "rendering is not a good as".....

It looks to me like the heavier weighted (bold) fonts are not installed properly.

Maybe follow some directions on the net on how to install fonts on Linux, for example:

How to Manually Install, Update, and Uninstall Fonts on Linux

and

How to Manage Fonts in Linux | Linux.com | The source for Linux information

On Fedora I have installed those in addition to the fonts already installed by default installation)

adobe-source-code-pro-fonts.noarch 
adobe-source-han-code-jp-fonts.noarch 
adobe-source-han-sans-cn-fonts.noarch 
adobe-source-han-sans-jp-fonts.noarch 
adobe-source-han-sans-kr-fonts.noarch 
adobe-source-han-sans-tw-fonts.noarch 
adobe-source-han-serif-cn-fonts.noarch 
adobe-source-han-serif-jp-fonts.noarch 
adobe-source-han-serif-kr-fonts.noarch 
adobe-source-han-serif-tw-fonts.noarch 
adobe-source-sans-pro-fonts.noarch 
adobe-source-serif-pro-fonts.noarch 
bitmap-lucida-typewriter-fonts.noarch
bitstream-vera-fonts-common.noarch 
bitstream-vera-sans-fonts.noarch 
bitstream-vera-sans-mono-fonts.noarch 
bitstream-vera-serif-fonts.noarch 
fonts-KOI8-R-100dpi.noarch 
fonts-KOI8-R-75dpi.noarch 
iso8859-2-100dpi-fonts.noarch 
iso8859-2-75dpi-fonts.noarch 
liberation-fonts-common.noarch 
liberation-fonts.noarch 
liberation-mono-fonts.noarch 
liberation-narrow-fonts.noarch 
liberation-sans-fonts.noarch 
liberation-serif-fonts.noarch 
R-fontBitstreamVera.noarch 
rubygem-afm.noarch 
sil-charis-fonts.noarch 
texlive-bbold-type1.noarch 
texlive-carolmin-ps.noarch 
texlive-initials.noarch 
texlive-mdsymbol.noarch 
texlive-mnsymbol.noarch 
texlive-ps2pk.x86_64 
texlive-skaknew.noarch 
texlive-utopia.noarch 
texlive-yfonts-t1.noarch 
xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi.noarch 
xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi.noarch 
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi.noarch 
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi.noarch 
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-14-100dpi.noarch 
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-14-75dpi.noarch 
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-15-100dpi.noarch 
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-15-75dpi.noarch 
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-2-100dpi.noarch 
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-2-75dpi.noarch 
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-9-100dpi.noarch 
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-9-75dpi.noarch 
xorg-x11-fonts-misc.noarch
xorg-x11-fonts-Type1.noarch

On Slackware

/var/log/packages/dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.34-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-adobe-utopia-100dpi-1.0.4-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-adobe-utopia-75dpi-1.0.4-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-adobe-utopia-type1-1.0.4-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-alias-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-arabic-misc-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-bh-100dpi-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-bh-75dpi-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-bh-ttf-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-bh-type1-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-bitstream-100dpi-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-bitstream-75dpi-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-bitstream-speedo-1.0.2-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-bitstream-type1-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-cronyx-cyrillic-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-cursor-misc-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-daewoo-misc-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-dec-misc-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-ibm-type1-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-isas-misc-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-jis-misc-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-micro-misc-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-misc-cyrillic-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-misc-ethiopic-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-misc-meltho-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-misc-misc-1.1.2-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-mutt-misc-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-schumacher-misc-1.1.2-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-screen-cyrillic-1.0.4-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-sony-misc-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-sun-misc-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-util-1.3.1-x86_64-2
/var/log/packages/font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/font-xfree86-type1-1.0.4-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/fontcacheproto-0.1.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/fontconfig-2.11.1-x86_64-2
/var/log/packages/fontsproto-2.1.3-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/fonttosfnt-1.0.4-x86_64-2
/var/log/packages/fslsfonts-1.0.5-x86_64-2
/var/log/packages/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/liberation-fonts-ttf-1.07.4-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/libfontenc-1.1.3-x86_64-1
/var/log/packages/libXfont-1.5.1-x86_64-2_slack14.2
/var/log/packages/libXfontcache-1.0.5-x86_64-2
/var/log/packages/mkfontdir-1.0.7-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/mkfontscale-1.1.2-x86_64-2
/var/log/packages/sazanami-fonts-ttf-20040629-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/showfont-1.0.5-x86_64-2
/var/log/packages/sinhala_lklug-font-ttf-20060929-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/terminus-font-4.40-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/tibmachuni-font-ttf-1.901b-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/ttf-indic-fonts-0.5.14-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/wqy-zenhei-font-ttf-0.8.38_1-noarch-2

--- Post updated at 08:10 PM ---

On Slackware with the command lsof I get fonts used when I open the webpage

DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf
DejaVuSans.ttf
DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf
DejaVuSansMono.ttf
DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf
DejaVuSerif.ttf
LiberationMono-Bold.ttf
LiberationMono-Regular.ttf
LiberationSans-Bold.ttf
LiberationSans-Regular.ttf

Then I copy the fonts name on file called fonts2 and searching on Fedora

while read line;do sudo locate  $line;done < fonts2 > fonts3

The line of fonts2 are 11

DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf
DejaVuSans.ttf
DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf
DejaVuSansMono.ttf
DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf
DejaVuSerif.ttf
LiberationMono-Bold.ttf
LiberationMono-Regular.ttf
LiberationSans-Bold.ttf
LiberationSans-Regular.ttf

The line of fonts3 are 13

/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/liberation/LiberationMono-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/liberation/LiberationMono-Regular.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/liberation/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fs-uae-arcade/arcade/res/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fs-uae-launcher/arcade/res/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/liberation/LiberationSans-Regular.ttf

So I think I have the right fonts installed

Did you check the permissions of the font files to make sure the userids have permissions to access them?

I guess you have already checked all file ownership and permissions.

So then as the required user, you can run the command to list all the available fonts

I assume you did that already?

Edit: Sorry heading to the airport. Maybe someone else can help you.....

Cheers

Maybe post the output of

fc-list

... on both machines and compare them.

Ref:

https://www.unix.com/man-page/debian/1/FC-LIST/

Thanks for help.
This is the fc-list output from Fedora

/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto/Roboto-BoldItalic.ttf: Roboto:style=Bold Italic

This is the fc-list output from Slackware

/usr/share/fonts/Type1/n019003l.pfb: Nimbus Sans L:style=Regular

Yeah, it's pretty obvious your fonts are installed very differently on your two machines.

So, you need to work on your font installation and get the fonts you want with the correct fonts weights installed.

See if this link helps you:

How to Add New Fonts to Fedora

FYI, on my main Ubuntu Linux box:

# fc-list
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Serif:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf: DejaVu Serif:style=Book

On my other Ubuntu Linux box:

# fc-list
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Serif:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf: DejaVu Serif:style=Book

OBTW, back at my desk, logged into Ubuntu:

# fc-cache -fv
/usr/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu: caching, new cache contents: 6 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/root/.local/share/fonts: skipping, no such directory
/root/.fonts: skipping, no such directory
/var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory
/root/.cache/fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory
/root/.fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory
fc-cache: succeeded
# fc-list
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Serif:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Sans:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSerif.ttf: DejaVu Serif:style=Book
# 

I have all this fonts, I test with those commands
the file fonti contain your list

while read line;do fc-list|grep "$line";done < fonti > fonti2
wc -l fonti fonti2
  6 fonti
  6 fonti2
 12 totale

--- Post updated at 09:45 AM ---

Reading on this forum,seems freetype from Version 2.8 has changed the variable TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING
So I create a patch

--- include/freetype/config/ftoption.h    2019-07-14 15:15:05.380268643 +0200
+++ include/freetype/config/ftoption.h    2019-07-14 15:15:10.254336367 +0200
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@
   /* [1] https://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/truetypecleartype.aspx */
   /*                                                                       */
 /* #define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING  1         */
-#define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING  2
+#define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING  1
 /* #define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING  ( 1 | 2 ) */
 
 
--- devel/ftoption.h    2019-07-14 15:16:30.870456502 +0200
+++ devel/ftoption.h    2019-07-14 15:17:05.095932053 +0200
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
   /*                                                                       */
 /* #define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING  1     */
 /* #define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING  2     */
-#define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING     ( 1 | 2 )
+#define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING     1 
 
 
   /*************************************************************************/

--- include/freetype/config/ftoption.h.enable-spr    2019-07-14 15:28:38.516824794 +0200
+++ include/freetype/config/ftoption.h.enable-spr    2019-07-14 15:28:31.382970434 +0200
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@
   /* [1] https://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/truetypecleartype.aspx */
   /*                                                                       */
 /* #define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING  1         */
-#define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING  2
+#define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING  1
 /* #define TT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_HINTING  ( 1 | 2 ) */

Recompile using a spec(original) and appyng this patch

And voilà..nothing change :frowning:

Maybe just try installing one font from google fonts and listing it to make sure it installs?

Install it for system-wide use and see what happens.

Sorry, I cannot follow you because you are not posting the exact commands you run with fc-list and the exact output; and you are not posting using code tags, etc. You are posting fragments which are not a complete picture for others to follow.

When posting and asking others for help, you need to be precise, exact and post all commands you run and the exact output, not fragments of outputs like you have been doing.

Your core problem, as I see it, is that you have not installed your fonts properly and when you list the fonts using fc-list , it is not showing the fonts you need; and you are not using a step-by-step method to install and list a new font, in my view. You are lacking, or so it seems to be, a step-by-step troubleshooting method to understand what is going on.

You have listed fonts (in a much earlier post) that are not in the directories in the fonts.conf file and posted "all is there" but in fact, you are seemingly not understanding the basics of the fontconfig setup for Linux systems. You seeming are confusing X11 with fontconfig in Linux.

Anyway, that's what it seems to me reading your posts and replies.

I don't see how we can help if you are going to issue commands on your system (and not post the command you issued) and then post only fragments of the output. Troubleshooting a problem requires a methodical step-by-step method, and you seem not to have a methodical, step-by-step method in this case.

Solution found.
I have simply backup the /etc/fonts in Fedora

cp -a /etc/fonts/conf.d /etc/fonts/conf.d.old

Then I have copied the configuration from Slackware

rsync -avP slack:/etc/fonts/conf.d/ fedora:/etc/fonts/conf.d
 rsync -avP slack:/etc/fonts/conf.avail/ fedora:/etc/fonts/conf.avail

Now finally I get the good fat fonts

A even better result(at least for me, I prefer fat fonts and old freetype rendering pre 2.8)

is to use this variable

export FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=truetype:interpreter-version=35

Which must stay in /etc/profile.d/yourfavoritename.sh

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Great.

Yes, that is what I thought you would do when I asked you to copy over the fonts from one system to the other; but you were working in the wrong font directories before; directories which were not in your fonts.conf file.

Glad you finally got it all sorted out.

At the end of the day, it is just "Linux font management", and the manual process of Linux font installation (and verification) should yield the the same results in each Linux distribution.

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