From 8350741f0d844a6de21b383018402c48ddbe292f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pat-e <pat-e@pat-e.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 23:41:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Update Arch Linux fonttools installation instructions
 to use `pacman` instead of `pipx`.

---
 README.md                 | 4 ++--
 subtitle_fonts_cleaner.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40725c8..f73d458 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ For Windows or Ubuntu, you can use `pip`:
 pip install fonttools
 ```
 
-For ArchLinux (or if your system enforces PEP 668), it is recommended to use `pipx`:
+For Arch Linux (which enforces PEP 668), you should use `pacman` to install the system package:
 ```bash
-pipx install fonttools
+sudo pacman -S python-fonttools
 ```
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/subtitle_fonts_cleaner.py b/subtitle_fonts_cleaner.py
index 0e3de73..1bc0ae4 100644
--- a/subtitle_fonts_cleaner.py
+++ b/subtitle_fonts_cleaner.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     print("Error: 'fonttools' is required to accurately read internal font names.")
     print("Please install it by running: pip install fonttools (for Windows/Ubuntu)")
-    print("Or: pipx install fonttools (for ArchLinux)")
+    print("Or: sudo pacman -S python-fonttools (for Arch Linux)")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 def get_ass_font_names(ass_path):