From f0339564e2169cf281a4be9bcdf3a84e454dcebd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ahmed Abdelhalim <pm@a14m.dev>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:42:47 +0100
Subject: Update the font role configuration to support arabic on arch

---
 roles/font/handlers/main.yml       |  6 ++++++
 roles/font/tasks/main.yml          |  2 ++
 roles/font/templates/local.conf.j2 | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 roles/font/vars/archlinux.yml      |  4 +---
 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 roles/font/handlers/main.yml

diff --git a/roles/font/handlers/main.yml b/roles/font/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f76926d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/font/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- name: "Update font-cache"
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: "fc-cache -f -v"
+  changed_when: false
diff --git a/roles/font/tasks/main.yml b/roles/font/tasks/main.yml
index b06e8c85..6a6e19b1 100644
--- a/roles/font/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/font/tasks/main.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
   loop:
     - src: "local.conf.j2"
       dest: "/etc/fonts/local.conf"
+  notify:
+    - "Update font-cache"
 
 - name: "Configure fonts presets"
   become: true
diff --git a/roles/font/templates/local.conf.j2 b/roles/font/templates/local.conf.j2
index 33574afe..271a3b7e 100644
--- a/roles/font/templates/local.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/font/templates/local.conf.j2
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@
       <const>lcddefault</const>
     </edit>
   </match>
+  <!-- Default font for the Arabic language (no fc-match pattern) -->
+  <match>
+    <test compare="contains" name="lang">
+      <string>ar</string>
+    </test>
+    <edit mode="prepend" name="family">
+      <string>"Noto Sans Arabic"</string>
+    </edit>
+  </match>
   <!-- Configure default fonts & fallback fonts -->
   <!-- Replace fonts with preferred fonts -->
   <!-- Noto Emoji allows for emojis to render in all apps including the terminal, remove if not needed  -->
@@ -26,7 +35,9 @@
     <family>serif</family>
     <prefer>
       <family>Noto Serif</family>
+      <family>Noto Sans Arabic</family>
       <family>FreeSerif</family>
+      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
       <family>Noto Emoji</family>
     </prefer>
   </alias>
@@ -34,7 +45,9 @@
     <family>sans-serif</family>
     <prefer>
       <family>Noto Sans</family>
+      <family>Noto Sans Arabic</family>
       <family>FreeSans</family>
+      <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
       <family>Noto Emoji</family>
     </prefer>
   </alias>
@@ -42,6 +55,7 @@
     <family>sans</family>
     <prefer>
       <family>Noto Sans</family>
+      <family>Noto Sans Arabic</family>
       <family>FreeSans</family>
       <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
       <family>Noto Emoji</family>
@@ -51,7 +65,7 @@
     <family>monospace</family>
     <prefer>
       <family>JetBrainsMono</family>
-      <family>Noto Mono</family>
+      <family>Noto Sans Mono</family>
       <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
       <family>Noto Emoji</family>
     </prefer>
@@ -60,7 +74,7 @@
     <family>mono</family>
     <prefer>
       <family>JetBrainsMono</family>
-      <family>Noto Mono</family>
+      <family>Noto Sans Mono</family>
       <family>Noto Color Emoji</family>
       <family>Noto Emoji</family>
     </prefer>
diff --git a/roles/font/vars/archlinux.yml b/roles/font/vars/archlinux.yml
index 77b2771c..a09db9c7 100644
--- a/roles/font/vars/archlinux.yml
+++ b/roles/font/vars/archlinux.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 ---
 font_packages:
   - "ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd"
-  - "gnu-free-fonts"
+  - "ttf-jetbrains-mono"
   - "noto-fonts"
-  - "noto-fonts-cjk"
   - "noto-fonts-emoji"
-  - "noto-fonts-extra"
 
 font_presets:
   - src: "/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf"
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