System-wide font settings, including emoji typeface

local.conf

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
 <match target="font" >
    <edit mode="assign" name="autohint"> <bool>false</bool> </edit>
    <edit mode="assign" name="hinting"> <bool>false</bool> </edit>
    <edit mode="assign" name="lcdfilter"> <const>lcddefault</const> </edit>
    <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"> <const>hintslight</const> </edit>
    <edit mode="assign" name="antialias"> <bool>true</bool> </edit>
    <edit mode="assign" name="rgba"> <const>rgb</const> </edit>
    <edit mode="assign" name="embeddedbitmap"> <bool>false</bool> </edit>
  </match>

  <match target="pattern">
    <edit mode="assign" name="dpi"><double>96</double></edit>
  </match>

  <match target="font">
    <test name="family" compare="contains">
      <string>Emoji</string>
    </test>
    <edit name="hinting" mode="assign">
      <bool>true</bool>
    </edit>
    <edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign">
      <bool>true</bool>
    </edit>
  </match>

  <alias>
    <family>serif</family> <prefer><family>Georgia</family><family>Apple Color Emoji</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans-serif</family> <prefer><family>Noto Sans Display</family><family>Apple Color Emoji</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>sans</family> <prefer><family>Noto Sans Display</family><family>Apple Color Emoji</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>monospace</family> <prefer><family>Cascadia Code</family><family>Apple Color Emoji</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <alias>
    <family>emoji</family> <prefer><family>Apple Color Emoji</family></prefer>
  </alias>
  <dir>~/.fonts</dir>

  <match target="font">
    <test qual="any" name="family">
      <string>Helvetica Neue</string>
    </test>
    <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"> <const>none</const> </edit>
  </match>

  <match target="font">
    <test qual="any" name="family">
      <string>Helvetica</string>
    </test>
    <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"> <const>none</const> </edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>