[52d29f7] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[52d29f7] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[51a70dfd] | 7 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-http "http://fontconfig.org/release/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;.tar.gz">
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[2a05c87] | 8 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-md5sum "26c83855ed256b5c032baae032fadc4f">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-size "1.7 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-buildsize "20 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-time "0.3 SBU">
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[52d29f7] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[b9ad2f9a] | 15 | <sect1 id="fontconfig" xreflabel="Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;">
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[51a70dfd] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="fontconfig.html"?>
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[481b3e8] | 17 |
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[51a70dfd] | 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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[481b3e8] | 22 |
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[51a70dfd] | 23 | <title>Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</title>
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[481b3e8] | 24 |
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[51a70dfd] | 25 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Fontconfig">Fontconfig</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Fontconfig</title>
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[481b3e8] | 31 |
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[51a70dfd] | 32 | <para>The <application>Fontconfig</application> package is a library
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| 33 | for configuring and customizing font access.</para>
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[481b3e8] | 34 |
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[4c77a949] | 35 | &lfs71_checked;
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[482477c] | 36 |
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[51a70dfd] | 37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 39 | <listitem>
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| 40 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-http;"/></para>
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| 41 | </listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &fontconfig-md5sum;</para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download size: &fontconfig-size;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &fontconfig-buildsize;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated build time: &fontconfig-time;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | </itemizedlist>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <note>
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[481b3e8] | 60 | <para>The numbering system of <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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[ac567be] | 61 | unusual. The beta versions of the package are numbered with a 9x in the
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[18b6c56] | 62 | last portion of the release number. This means that 2.6.92 is a beta
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[ac567be] | 63 | release and the most current release is of the form
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| 64 | &fontconfig-version;</para>
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[51a70dfd] | 65 | </note>
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[481b3e8] | 66 |
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[51a70dfd] | 67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Fontconfig Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[481b3e8] | 68 |
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[51a70dfd] | 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[0997f66] | 70 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="freetype2"/> and either
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[358241d1] | 71 | <xref linkend="expat"/> or <xref linkend="libxml2"/> <!-- (requires
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| 72 | <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>) --> </para>
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[481b3e8] | 73 |
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[51a70dfd] | 74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[caa1fce] | 75 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="docbook-utils"/></para>
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[51a70dfd] | 76 |
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| 77 | <note>
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[575b4a3f] | 78 | <para>If you have <application>DocBook-utils</application> installed
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| 79 | and you remove the <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter> parameter from
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| 80 | the <command>configure</command> command below, you must have
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[2a05c87] | 81 | <xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/> installed also, or the
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| 82 | <application>Fontconfig</application> build will fail.</para>
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[51a70dfd] | 83 | </note>
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[481b3e8] | 84 |
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[1663c2b5] | 85 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 86 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Fontconfig'/></para>
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[e4e85b2] | 87 |
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[51a70dfd] | 88 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 89 |
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[51a70dfd] | 90 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 91 | <title>Installation of Fontconfig</title>
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| 92 |
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[481b3e8] | 93 | <para>Install <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the following
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[51a70dfd] | 94 | commands:</para>
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| 95 |
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[fdf8b786] | 96 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[2c70bd1] | 97 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 98 | --localstatedir=/var \
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| 99 | --disable-docs \
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| 100 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version; &&
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[51a70dfd] | 101 | make</userinput></screen>
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[481b3e8] | 102 |
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[51a70dfd] | 103 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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[481b3e8] | 104 |
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[51a70dfd] | 105 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[481b3e8] | 106 |
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[18b6c56] | 107 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[4774a15e] | 108 |
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[2c70bd1] | 109 | <para>If you did not remove the <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter>
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| 110 | parameter from the <command>configure</command> command, you can install
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| 111 | the pre-generated documentation by using the following commands as the
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| 112 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 \
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| 115 | -d /usr/share/{man/man{3,5},doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-devel} &&
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| 116 | install -v -m644 fc-*/*.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
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| 117 | install -v -m644 doc/*.3 /usr/share/man/man3 &&
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| 118 | install -v -m644 doc/fonts-conf.5 /usr/share/man/man5 &&
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| 119 | install -v -m644 doc/fontconfig-devel/* \
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| 120 | /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-devel &&
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| 121 | install -v -m644 doc/*.{pdf,sgml,txt,html} \
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| 122 | /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 123 |
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[51a70dfd] | 124 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 125 |
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[51a70dfd] | 126 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 127 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 128 |
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[fdf8b786] | 129 | <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var</parameter>: This switch places
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| 130 | the system font cache files in <filename
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| 131 | class='directory'>/var/cache/fontconfig</filename>.</para>
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| 132 |
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[18b6c56] | 133 | <para><parameter>--disable-docs</parameter>: This switch avoids building
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| 134 | the documentation (the release tarball includes pre-generated
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| 135 | documentation).</para>
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| 136 |
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[ac567be] | 137 | <para><parameter>--with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</parameter>:
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| 138 | Though this parameter seems counter-intuitive following the preceding
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| 139 | parameter to the <command>configure</command> command, it is used so that
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| 140 | if the builder removes the <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter> parameter,
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| 141 | the documentation will be installed in a versioned directory name instead
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| 142 | of the default
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| 143 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/doc/fontconfig</filename>.</para>
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[481b3e8] | 144 |
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[51a70dfd] | 145 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 146 |
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[51a70dfd] | 147 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 148 | <title>Configuring Fontconfig</title>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <sect3 id="fontconfig-config">
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| 151 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[481b3e8] | 152 |
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[fdf8b786] | 153 | <para><filename>/etc/fonts/*, /etc/fonts/conf.avail/*, and
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| 154 | /etc/fonts/conf.d/*</filename></para>
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[481b3e8] | 155 |
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[51a70dfd] | 156 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 157 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts">/etc/fonts/*</primary>
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| 158 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 159 |
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[51a70dfd] | 160 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 161 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts-conf.d">/etc/fonts/conf.d/*</primary>
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| 162 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 163 |
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[fdf8b786] | 164 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 165 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts-conf.avail">/etc/fonts/conf.avail/*</primary>
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| 166 | </indexterm>
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| 167 |
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[51a70dfd] | 168 | </sect3>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <sect3>
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| 171 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[481b3e8] | 172 |
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[fdf8b786] | 173 | <para>The main configuration file for <application>Fontconfig</application>
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| 174 | is <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>. Generally you do not want
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| 175 | to edit this file. It will also read <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename>
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| 176 | and any files in <filename class='directory'>/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>.
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| 177 | To put a new font directory in the configuration, create
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[ac567be] | 178 | (or update) the <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename> file with your
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[fdf8b786] | 179 | local information or add a new file in
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| 180 | <filename class='directory'>/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>. The default
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| 181 | location of fonts in <application>Fontconfig</application> is:</para>
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[481b3e8] | 182 |
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[51a70dfd] | 183 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 184 | <listitem>
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| 185 | <para>/usr/share/fonts</para>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | <listitem>
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| 188 | <para>~/.fonts</para>
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| 189 | </listitem>
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| 190 | </itemizedlist>
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[481b3e8] | 191 |
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[fdf8b786] | 192 | <para><application>Fontconfig</application> also ships many example
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| 193 | configuration files in the <filename
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| 194 | class='directory'>/etc/fonts/conf.avail</filename> directory. Symlinking
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| 195 | to specific files from <filename class='directory'>/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>
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| 196 | will enable them. The default setup is generally good enough for most
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| 197 | users. See <filename>/etc/fonts/conf.avail/README</filename> for a
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| 198 | description of the configuration files.</para>
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| 199 |
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[51a70dfd] | 200 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 201 | <primary sortas="g-usr-share-fonts">/usr/share/fonts</primary>
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| 202 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 203 |
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[51a70dfd] | 204 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 205 | <primary sortas="g-AA.fonts">~/.fonts</primary>
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| 206 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 207 |
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[e4e85b2] | 208 | <para>More information about configuring
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| 209 | <application>Fontconfig</application> can be found in the user's manual
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[fdf8b786] | 210 | in <ulink
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| 211 | url="file:///usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-user.html"/>.
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| 212 | </para>
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[e4e85b2] | 213 |
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[51a70dfd] | 214 | </sect3>
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[481b3e8] | 215 |
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[51a70dfd] | 216 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 217 |
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[51a70dfd] | 218 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 219 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <segmentedlist>
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| 222 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 223 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 224 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[481b3e8] | 225 |
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[51a70dfd] | 226 | <seglistitem>
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[78fe2b4] | 227 | <seg>fc-cache, fc-cat, fc-list, fc-match, fc-query, and fc-scan</seg>
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[1039de3] | 228 | <seg>libfontconfig.{so,a}</seg>
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[9625e274] | 229 | <seg>/etc/fonts, /usr/include/fontconfig,
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| 230 | /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version; and
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| 231 | /var/cache/fontconfig</seg>
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[51a70dfd] | 232 | </seglistitem>
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| 233 | </segmentedlist>
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[481b3e8] | 234 |
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[51a70dfd] | 235 | <variablelist>
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| 236 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 237 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 238 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[481b3e8] | 239 |
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[51a70dfd] | 240 | <varlistentry id="fc-cache">
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| 241 | <term><command>fc-cache</command></term>
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| 242 | <listitem>
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| 243 | <para>is used to create font information caches.</para>
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| 244 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-cache">
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| 245 | <primary sortas="b-fc-cache">fc-cache</primary>
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| 246 | </indexterm>
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| 247 | </listitem>
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| 248 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 249 |
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[fdf8b786] | 250 | <varlistentry id="fc-cat">
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| 251 | <term><command>fc-cat</command></term>
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| 252 | <listitem>
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| 253 | <para>is used to read font information caches.</para>
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| 254 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-cat">
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| 255 | <primary sortas="b-fc-cat">fc-cat</primary>
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| 256 | </indexterm>
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| 257 | </listitem>
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| 258 | </varlistentry>
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| 259 |
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[51a70dfd] | 260 | <varlistentry id="fc-list">
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| 261 | <term><command>fc-list</command></term>
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| 262 | <listitem>
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| 263 | <para>is used to create font lists.</para>
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| 264 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-list">
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| 265 | <primary sortas="b-fc-list">fc-list</primary>
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| 266 | </indexterm>
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| 267 | </listitem>
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| 268 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 269 |
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[51a70dfd] | 270 | <varlistentry id="fc-match">
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| 271 | <term><command>fc-match</command></term>
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| 272 | <listitem>
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[481b3e8] | 273 | <para>is used to match available fonts, or find fonts that match
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[51a70dfd] | 274 | a given pattern.</para>
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| 275 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-match">
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| 276 | <primary sortas="b-fc-match">fc-match</primary>
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| 277 | </indexterm>
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| 278 | </listitem>
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| 279 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 280 |
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[78fe2b4] | 281 | <varlistentry id="fc-query">
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| 282 | <term><command>fc-query</command></term>
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| 283 | <listitem>
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| 284 | <para>is used to query fonts files and print resulting patterns.
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| 285 | </para>
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| 286 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-query">
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| 287 | <primary sortas="b-fc-query">fc-query</primary>
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| 288 | </indexterm>
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| 289 | </listitem>
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| 290 | </varlistentry>
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| 291 |
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| 292 | <varlistentry id="fc-scan">
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| 293 | <term><command>fc-scan</command></term>
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| 294 | <listitem>
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| 295 | <para>is used to scan font files and directories, and print resulting
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| 296 | patterns.</para>
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| 297 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-scan">
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| 298 | <primary sortas="b-fc-scan">fc-scan</primary>
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| 299 | </indexterm>
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| 300 | </listitem>
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| 301 | </varlistentry>
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| 302 |
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[51a70dfd] | 303 | <varlistentry id="libfontconfig">
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[1039de3] | 304 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libfontconfig.{so,a}</filename></term>
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[51a70dfd] | 305 | <listitem>
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[481b3e8] | 306 | <para>contains functions used by the
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| 307 | <application>Fontconfig</application> programs and also by other
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[51a70dfd] | 308 | programs to configure or customize font access.</para>
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| 309 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig libfontconfig">
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[1039de3] | 310 | <primary sortas="c-libfontconfig">libfontconfig.{so,a}</primary>
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[51a70dfd] | 311 | </indexterm>
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| 312 | </listitem>
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| 313 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 314 |
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[51a70dfd] | 315 | </variablelist>
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| 316 |
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| 317 | </sect2>
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[8de6b187] | 318 |
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| 319 | </sect1>
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