From 25791621a643b156b4f333fdecab736c3b289c83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad Erickson <eosrei@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 23:27:18 -0800
Subject: readme: Add Linux install details

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 # Symbola Color Emoji
 
-A SVG-in-OpenType color emoji font starting with the "free for any use" Symbola
-font and adding the colorful Emoji One SVG emojis where possible.
+A SVG-in-OpenType color emoji font created by starting with the "free for any use"
+Symbola font and adding the colorful Emoji One SVG emojis where possible.
 
+# Usage (Linux)
+
+1. Store the font file in your `~/.fonts/` directory.
+2. Create a fontconfig directory:
+```sh
+mkdir -p `~/.config/fontconfig/`
+```
+
+3. Override your defaults by creating a `fonts.conf`
+```xml
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
+<!-- -->
+<fontconfig>
+  <!-- Generic name aliasing -->
+  <alias>
+    <family>sans-serif</family>
+    <prefer>
+      <family>Symbola</family>
+    </prefer>
+  </alias>
+  <alias>
+    <family>serif</family>
+    <prefer>
+      <family>Symbola</family>
+    </prefer>
+  </alias>
+</fontconfig>
+```
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