[52d29f7] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-http "http://freedesktop.org/~fontconfig/release/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.us.sinuspl.net/pub/src/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-size "727 KB">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-buildsize "11 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-time "0.18 SBU">
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| 12 |
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[b9ad2f9a] | 15 | <sect1 id="fontconfig" xreflabel="Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 16 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 17 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 18 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 19 | </sect1info>
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[7f72cbf] | 20 | <?dbhtml filename="fontconfig.html"?>
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[b9ad2f9a] | 21 | <title>Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</title>
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[8de6b187] | 22 |
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[52d29f7] | 23 | <sect2>
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| 24 | <title>Introduction to <application>Fontconfig</application></title>
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[d82991f] | 25 |
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[52d29f7] | 26 | <para>The <application>Fontconfig</application> package is a library
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| 27 | for configuring and customizing font access.</para>
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[d82991f] | 28 |
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[52d29f7] | 29 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 30 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 31 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 32 | url="&fontconfig-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 33 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 34 | url="&fontconfig-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 35 | <listitem><para>Download size: &fontconfig-size;</para></listitem>
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| 36 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
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| 37 | &fontconfig-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 38 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 39 | &fontconfig-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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[d82991f] | 40 |
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[c82e999] | 41 | <note><para>The numbering system of <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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| 42 | unusual. The beta versions of the package are numbered with a 9x in the last
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| 43 | portion of the release number. This means that 2.2.96 is a beta release and
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| 44 | the most current release is of the form 2.2.3</para></note>
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[d82991f] | 45 |
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[52d29f7] | 46 | </sect3>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <sect3><title><application>Fontconfig</application> dependencies</title>
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| 49 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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| 50 | <para><xref linkend="freetype2"/> and <xref linkend="expat"/></para></sect4>
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| 51 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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| 52 | <para>
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[da4aff6] | 53 | <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>
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[52d29f7] | 54 | </para></sect4>
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| 55 | </sect3>
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[c82e999] | 56 |
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[52d29f7] | 57 | </sect2>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <sect2>
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| 60 | <title>Installation of <application>Fontconfig</application></title>
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[d82991f] | 61 |
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| 62 | <para>Install <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the following
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| 63 | commands:</para>
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| 64 |
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[52d29f7] | 65 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
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| 66 | make &&
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| 67 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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| 68 | </sect2>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | <sect2>
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| 71 | <title>Configuring <application>Fontconfig</application></title>
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[d82991f] | 72 |
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[52d29f7] | 73 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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| 74 | <para><filename>/etc/fonts/*</filename></para>
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| 75 | </sect3>
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[d82991f] | 76 |
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[52d29f7] | 77 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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[d82991f] | 78 |
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| 79 | <para>The configuration file for <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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| 80 | <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>. Generally you do not want to edit
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[c82e999] | 81 | this file. To put a new font directory in the configuration, update the
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| 82 | <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename> file with your local information.
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| 83 | The default location of fonts in <application>Fontconfig</application> is:
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| 84 | </para>
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| 85 |
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[52d29f7] | 86 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 87 | <listitem><para>/usr/share/fonts</para></listitem>
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| 88 | <listitem><para>~/.fonts</para></listitem>
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| 89 | </itemizedlist>
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[d82991f] | 90 |
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[52d29f7] | 91 | <note><para><application>X</application> also includes an internal (and
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[c82e999] | 92 | older) version of <application>Fontconfig</application> and unless it is
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| 93 | explicitly disabled when building <application>XFree86</application>, the
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| 94 | internal version is created leaving two slightly incompatible libraries on
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| 95 | your system. It is recommended that you only install one version.</para></note>
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[d82991f] | 96 |
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[52d29f7] | 97 | </sect3>
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[d82991f] | 98 |
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[52d29f7] | 99 | </sect2>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <sect2>
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| 102 | <title>Contents</title>
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[d82991f] | 103 |
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[52d29f7] | 104 | <para>The <application>Fontconfig</application> package contains the
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| 105 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libfontconfig</filename> library,
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| 106 | <command>fc-cache</command>, and <command>fc-list</command>.</para>
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[d82991f] | 107 |
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[52d29f7] | 108 | </sect2>
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[d82991f] | 109 |
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[52d29f7] | 110 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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[d82991f] | 111 |
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[52d29f7] | 112 | <sect3><title>fc-cache</title>
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| 113 | <para><command>fc-cache</command> is a command to create font information
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| 114 | caches.</para></sect3>
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[d82991f] | 115 |
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[52d29f7] | 116 | <sect3><title>fc-list</title>
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| 117 | <para><command>fc-list</command> is a command to list fonts.</para></sect3>
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[d82991f] | 118 |
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[52d29f7] | 119 | </sect2>
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[8de6b187] | 120 |
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| 121 | </sect1>
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