Trouble with "Times" fonts in OpenBSD 4.5

[Matthew Szudzik]

I have just installed OpenBSD 4.5 on i386, and I am observing a problem
with fonts. It is most noticeable with the /x11/msttcorefonts port
installed.

The problem is that Bitstream Vera Serif is always being used instead of
any variant of "Times". For example if I set firefox or gimp to use
Times (one of the standard X11 fonts) or Times New Roman (from
msttcorefonts), then Bitstream Vera Serif is used instead. But the
other msttcorefonts (for example, Courier New, Verdana, etc.) work fine.

I suspect that it is a problem with fontconfig. Note that fontconfig
correctly matches the string 'Courier New' to the appropriate font

$ fc-match :family='Courier New'
cour.ttf: "Courier New" "Normal"

But it does not match the string 'Times New Roman'

$ fc-match :family='Times New Roman'
VeraSe.ttf: "Bitstream Vera Serif" "Roman"

even though the font is installed

$ fc-list :family='Times New Roman' file
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/mscorefonts/times.ttf:
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/mscorefonts/timesbd.ttf:
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/mscorefonts/timesbi.ttf:
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/mscorefonts/timesi.ttf:

For some reason, fontconfig is giving Bitstream Vera Serif higher
priority than Times New Roman when it tries to match a string. Here is
the prioritized list of matches:

$ fc-match -s :family='Times New Roman'
VeraSe.ttf: "Bitstream Vera Serif" "Roman"
times.ttf: "Times New Roman" "Normal"
luxirr.ttf: "Luxi Serif" "Regular"
l049013t.pfa: "Luxi Serif" "Regular"
n021004l.pfb: "Nimbus Roman No9 L" "Medium"
timR12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: "Times" "Regular"
timR12.pcf.gz: "Times" "Regular"
GohaTibebZemen.ttf: "Goha-Tibeb Zemen" "Regular"
cour.ttf: "Courier New" "Normal"
arial.ttf: "Arial" "Normal"
ariblk.ttf: "Arial Black" "Normal"
SyrCOMNisibin.otf: "Estrangelo Nisibin" "Regular"
trebuc.ttf: "Trebuchet MS" "Normal"
SyrCOMQenNeshrin.otf: "Estrangelo Quenneshrin" "Regular"
SyrCOMMalankara.otf: "Serto Malankara" "Regular"
SyrCOMCtesiphon.otf: "East Syriac Ctesiphon" "Regular"
d050000l.pfb: "Dingbats" "Regular"
cour.pfa: "Courier" "Regular"
s050000l.pfb: "Standard Symbols L" "Regular"
12x13ja.pcf.gz: "Fixed" "ja"
lutRS12.pcf.gz: "LucidaTypewriter" "Sans"
6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: "Fixed" "SemiCondensed"
6x12.pcf.gz: "Fixed" "SemiCondensed"
6x13.pcf.gz: "Fixed" "SemiCondensed"
7x13.pcf.gz: "Fixed" "Regular"
8x13.pcf.gz: "Fixed" "Regular"
term14.pcf.gz: "Terminal" "Regular"
9x15.pcf.gz: "Fixed" "Regular"
cu-pua12.pcf.gz: "ClearlyU PUA" "Regular"
cu12.pcf.gz: "ClearlyU" "Regular"
cu-alt12.pcf.gz: "ClearlyU Alternate Glyphs" "Regular"
18x18ko.pcf.gz: "Fixed" "ko"
10x20.pcf.gz: "Fixed" "Regular"

Does anybody have a workaround for this problem?

[Matthew Szudzik]

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