/usr/share/vlc/skins2/fonts/FreeSans.ttf is in vlc-data 2.0.1-4.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o777.
It is a symlink to /usr/share/vlc/skins2/fonts/../../../fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSans.ttf
/usr/share/vlc/skins2/fonts/../../../fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSans.ttf