Font Alias

> I know I can list fonts and their alias via xlsfonts.
>
> but how can I know what actual font the alias is stand for? thanks!

In the XFree86 on GNU/Linux system, fonts are usually located in `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/'

Each directoryes under `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/' always have two files named `fonts.alias' and `fonts.dir'

`fonts.dir' maps the real font name to font filename.
`fonts.alias' maps the alias name to the real font name.

So try to look at the every `fonts.alias'

Following command may help you find the location of every alias file.

$ find /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ -iname 'fonts.alias' -print