[solved] Pango font rendering issues

I'm having issues with pango rendering of pcf fonts. I was trying to set up a new font for my awesome theme, but my choices are fairly limited because all the pcf fonts are rendered as some default font. So then I was going around googling the issue, and font that awesome renders fonts using pango. I then tried to use pango-view to view the pcf files, and it displayed the same default font. These fonts show up fine in xfontsel and they render properly in urxvt. In my googling I found someone on slackware was facing a similar issue back in 2010, but no solution was posted. Is this a known/common problem, and does anyone know a fix?
Edit: I'm not sure if this matters, but I also have freetype2-infinality installed from the AUR.
Last edited by HalfEmptyHero (2011-12-22 13:10:13)

Wow, I can't believe it was that simple. I had read my fontsconfig rules, however I'm new playing with fonts so none of it really meant anything to me when I originally read it, and I simply changed a few of the default fonts.. Going back over it now, it makes a lot more sense. Thanks for the help.

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