--- ./fonts.conf.in.orig	2025-07-01 23:46:34.000000000 -0500
+++ ./fonts.conf.in	2025-09-11 13:32:41.652054082 -0500
@@ -26,7 +26,17 @@
 
 @FC_DEFAULT_FONTS@
 	@FC_FONTPATH@
+<!--    Do not include the element below which will include all of the fonts
+        under /usr/share/fonts, including the 75dpi and 100dpi bitmap fonts
+        that we not indexed by previous versions of fontconfig:
 	<dir prefix="xdg">fonts</dir>
+-->
+<!--    However, commenting out the above also causes local fonts in
+        $HOME/.local/share/fonts to be skipped, and we don't want that,
+        so we will add them below:
+-->
+	<dir>~/.local/share/fonts</dir>
+
 	<!-- the following element will be removed in the future -->
 	<dir>~/.fonts</dir>