The fontconfig file in /usr/local/etc seems to be a generic
> linux setup. There is an OSX looking beast in
> /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
> Any quick suggestions before I run?
Nevermind: copy the <dir> entries from /etc/fonts/fonts.conf to
/usr/local/etc/fonts/fonts.conf and
> sudo fc-cache
Eureka! And that is what I call "in the nick of time".
JDH