4 files changed, 79 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig-penultimate.nix b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig-penultimate.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e41d3421173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/fonts/fontconfig-penultimate.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.fonts.fontconfig.penultimate;
+
+  latestVersion  = pkgs.fontconfig.configVersion;
+
+  # The configuration to be included in /etc/font/
+  confPkg = pkgs.runCommand "font-penultimate-conf" {} ''
+    support_folder=$out/etc/fonts/conf.d
+    latest_folder=$out/etc/fonts/${latestVersion}/conf.d
+
+    mkdir -p $support_folder
+    mkdir -p $latest_folder
+
+    # fontconfig ultimate various configuration files
+    ln -s ${pkgs.fontconfig-penultimate}/etc/fonts/conf.d/*.conf \
+          $support_folder
+    ln -s ${pkgs.fontconfig-penultimate}/etc/fonts/conf.d/*.conf \
+          $latest_folder
+  '';
+
+in
+{
+
+  options = {
+
+    fonts = {
+
+      fontconfig = {
+
+        penultimate = {
+          enable = mkOption {
+            type = types.bool;
+            default = true;
+            description = ''
+              Enable fontconfig-penultimate settings to supplement the
+              NixOS defaults by providing per-font rendering defaults and
+              metric aliases.
+            '';
+          };
+        };
+
+      };
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf (config.fonts.fontconfig.enable && cfg.enable) {
+
+    fonts.fontconfig.confPackages = [ confPkg ];
+
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 7d2ae4a571c4..a938ba6d0069 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 [
   ./config/debug-info.nix
   ./config/fonts/corefonts.nix
-  ./config/fonts/fontconfig-ultimate.nix
   ./config/fonts/fontconfig.nix
+  ./config/fonts/fontconfig-penultimate.nix
+  ./config/fonts/fontconfig-ultimate.nix
   ./config/fonts/fontdir.nix
   ./config/fonts/fonts.nix
   ./config/fonts/ghostscript.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/fontconfig-penultimate/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/fontconfig-penultimate/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aea3365aba4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/fontconfig-penultimate/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+let version = "0.2"; in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "fontconfig-penultimate-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ttuegel";
+    repo = "fontconfig-penultimate";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "106sjfmxdn2cachgsg0ky3wi676x6nd14y5fcl16n82kghi3d9yf";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
+    cp *.conf $out/etc/fonts/conf.d
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f2eb80ec01d1..962506444fc6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7330,6 +7330,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   fontconfig = callPackage ../development/libraries/fontconfig { };
 
+  fontconfig-penultimate = callPackage ../data/fonts/fontconfig-penultimate {};
+
   fontconfig-ultimate = callPackage ../development/libraries/fontconfig-ultimate {};
 
   folly = callPackage ../development/libraries/folly { };