# Apply User Fontconfig in Flatpak Apps
## Metadata
**Status**:: #x
**Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting
**Created**:: [[2023-08-12]]
**Topic**:: [[♯ Linux Workstation]]
**Parent**:: [[Flatpak]]
## Synopsis
First expose the fontconfig to flatpak apps
```
flatpak override --user --filesystem=xdg-config/fontconfig:ro
```
Close the apps and stop the background instances. List them using `flatpak ps` and then stop them with `flatpak kill`.
```
flatpak ps
flatpak kill com.microsoft.Edge
```