[52d29f7] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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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| 8 | <!-- <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;.tar.gz"> -->
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| 9 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-ftp " ">
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[1dcdfb25] | 10 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-md5sum "7354f9f125ea78a8f2851cb9c31d4866">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-size "942 KB">
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[51a70dfd] | 12 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-buildsize "10.5 MB">
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[1dcdfb25] | 13 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-time "0.2 SBU">
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[52d29f7] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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[b9ad2f9a] | 16 | <sect1 id="fontconfig" xreflabel="Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;">
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[51a70dfd] | 17 | <?dbhtml filename="fontconfig.html"?>
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[481b3e8] | 18 |
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[51a70dfd] | 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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[481b3e8] | 23 |
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[51a70dfd] | 24 | <title>Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</title>
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[481b3e8] | 25 |
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[51a70dfd] | 26 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-Fontconfig">Fontconfig</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to Fontconfig</title>
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[481b3e8] | 32 |
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[51a70dfd] | 33 | <para>The <application>Fontconfig</application> package is a library
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| 34 | for configuring and customizing font access.</para>
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[481b3e8] | 35 |
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[51a70dfd] | 36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 38 | <listitem>
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| 39 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-http;"/></para>
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| 40 | </listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &fontconfig-md5sum;</para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download size: &fontconfig-size;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &fontconfig-buildsize;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated build time: &fontconfig-time;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | </itemizedlist>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <note>
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[481b3e8] | 59 | <para>The numbering system of <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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| 60 | unusual. The beta versions of the package are numbered with a 9x in the last
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| 61 | portion of the release number. This means that 2.3.90 is a beta release and
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[51a70dfd] | 62 | the most current release is of the form 2.3.1</para>
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| 63 | </note>
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[481b3e8] | 64 |
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[51a70dfd] | 65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Fontconfig Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[481b3e8] | 66 |
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[51a70dfd] | 67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 68 | <para><xref linkend="freetype2"/> and <xref linkend="expat"/></para>
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[481b3e8] | 69 |
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[51a70dfd] | 70 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 71 | <para><xref linkend="docbook-utils"/></para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <note>
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[481b3e8] | 74 | <para>If you have <application>DocBook-utils</application> installed,
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[ba4b31cf] | 75 | you must also have <xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/> installed also, or the
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| 76 | <application>Fontconfig</application> build will fail.</para>
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[51a70dfd] | 77 | </note>
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[481b3e8] | 78 |
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[51a70dfd] | 79 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 80 |
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[51a70dfd] | 81 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 82 | <title>Installation of Fontconfig</title>
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| 83 |
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[481b3e8] | 84 | <para>Install <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the following
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[51a70dfd] | 85 | commands:</para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[f9d2ee6] | 88 | --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-docs &&
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[51a70dfd] | 89 | make</userinput></screen>
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[481b3e8] | 90 |
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[51a70dfd] | 91 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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[481b3e8] | 92 |
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[51a70dfd] | 93 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[481b3e8] | 94 |
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[323d61c] | 95 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 96 | make -C doc install &&
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[a88d3670] | 97 | install -v -m 644 doc/*.3 /usr/share/man/man3/</userinput></screen>
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[4774a15e] | 98 |
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[51a70dfd] | 99 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 100 |
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[51a70dfd] | 101 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 102 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 103 |
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[481b3e8] | 104 | <para><parameter>--disable-docs</parameter>: This switch avoids building the
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[f769b84] | 105 | documentation (the release tarball does include pre-generated documentation).
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[49f07aad] | 106 | If you wish to build the documentation using
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[481b3e8] | 107 | <application>DocBook-utils</application>, you may need to remove the
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| 108 | <application>OpenSP</application> catalog definitions from the system
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| 109 | SGML catalogs. Use the following command before building
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[51a70dfd] | 110 | the package to accomplish this:</para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i.orig \
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[cacf29f] | 113 | -e "\%CATALOG /etc/sgml/OpenSP-1.5.1.cat%d" \
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[04af8b24] | 114 | /etc/sgml/catalog \
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[51a70dfd] | 115 | /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat</userinput></screen>
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[481b3e8] | 116 |
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[51a70dfd] | 117 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 118 |
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[51a70dfd] | 119 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 120 | <title>Configuring Fontconfig</title>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <sect3 id="fontconfig-config">
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| 123 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[481b3e8] | 124 |
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[51a70dfd] | 125 | <para><filename>/etc/fonts/* and /etc/fonts/conf.d/*</filename></para>
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[481b3e8] | 126 |
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[51a70dfd] | 127 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 128 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts">/etc/fonts/*</primary>
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| 129 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 130 |
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[51a70dfd] | 131 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 132 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts-conf.d">/etc/fonts/conf.d/*</primary>
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| 133 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 134 |
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[51a70dfd] | 135 | </sect3>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <sect3>
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| 138 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[481b3e8] | 139 |
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| 140 | <para>The configuration file for <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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| 141 | <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>. Generally you do not want to edit
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| 142 | this file. To put a new font directory in the configuration, create (or
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| 143 | update) the <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename> file with your local
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| 144 | information. The default location of fonts in
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[51a70dfd] | 145 | <application>Fontconfig</application> is:</para>
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[481b3e8] | 146 |
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[51a70dfd] | 147 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 148 | <listitem>
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| 149 | <para>/usr/share/fonts</para>
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| 150 | </listitem>
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| 151 | <listitem>
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| 152 | <para>~/.fonts</para>
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| 153 | </listitem>
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| 154 | </itemizedlist>
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[481b3e8] | 155 |
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[51a70dfd] | 156 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 157 | <primary sortas="g-usr-share-fonts">/usr/share/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="g-AA.fonts">~/.fonts</primary>
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| 162 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 163 |
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[51a70dfd] | 164 | <note>
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| 165 | <para><application>X</application> also includes an internal (and
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[481b3e8] | 166 | older) version of <application>Fontconfig</application> and unless it is
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| 167 | explicitly disabled when building <application>Xorg</application> or
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| 168 | <application>XFree86</application>, the internal version is created leaving
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| 169 | two slightly incompatible libraries on your system. It is recommended that
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[51a70dfd] | 170 | you only install one version.</para>
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| 171 | </note>
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[481b3e8] | 172 |
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[51a70dfd] | 173 | </sect3>
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[481b3e8] | 174 |
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[51a70dfd] | 175 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 176 |
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[51a70dfd] | 177 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 178 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <segmentedlist>
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| 181 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 182 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 183 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[481b3e8] | 184 |
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[51a70dfd] | 185 | <seglistitem>
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| 186 | <seg>fc-cache, fc-list, and fc-match</seg>
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| 187 | <seg>libfontconfig.[so,a]</seg>
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| 188 | <seg>/etc/fonts and /usr/include/fontconfig</seg>
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| 189 | </seglistitem>
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| 190 | </segmentedlist>
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[481b3e8] | 191 |
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[51a70dfd] | 192 | <variablelist>
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| 193 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 194 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 195 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[481b3e8] | 196 |
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[51a70dfd] | 197 | <varlistentry id="fc-cache">
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| 198 | <term><command>fc-cache</command></term>
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| 199 | <listitem>
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| 200 | <para>is used to create font information caches.</para>
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| 201 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-cache">
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| 202 | <primary sortas="b-fc-cache">fc-cache</primary>
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| 203 | </indexterm>
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| 204 | </listitem>
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| 205 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 206 |
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[51a70dfd] | 207 | <varlistentry id="fc-list">
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| 208 | <term><command>fc-list</command></term>
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| 209 | <listitem>
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| 210 | <para>is used to create font lists.</para>
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| 211 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-list">
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| 212 | <primary sortas="b-fc-list">fc-list</primary>
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| 213 | </indexterm>
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| 214 | </listitem>
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| 215 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 216 |
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[51a70dfd] | 217 | <varlistentry id="fc-match">
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| 218 | <term><command>fc-match</command></term>
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| 219 | <listitem>
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[481b3e8] | 220 | <para>is used to match available fonts, or find fonts that match
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[51a70dfd] | 221 | a given pattern.</para>
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| 222 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-match">
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| 223 | <primary sortas="b-fc-match">fc-match</primary>
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| 224 | </indexterm>
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| 225 | </listitem>
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| 226 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 227 |
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[51a70dfd] | 228 | <varlistentry id="libfontconfig">
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| 229 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libfontconfig.[so,a]</filename></term>
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| 230 | <listitem>
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[481b3e8] | 231 | <para>contains functions used by the
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| 232 | <application>Fontconfig</application> programs and also by other
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[51a70dfd] | 233 | programs to configure or customize font access.</para>
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| 234 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig libfontconfig">
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| 235 | <primary sortas="c-libfontconfig">libfontconfig.[so,a]</primary>
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| 236 | </indexterm>
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| 237 | </listitem>
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| 238 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 239 |
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[51a70dfd] | 240 | </variablelist>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | </sect2>
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[8de6b187] | 243 |
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| 244 | </sect1>
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