[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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[fb2e525] | 8 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-ftp "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;.tar.gz">
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[18b6c56] | 9 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-md5sum "b54ec1d4ddd836313fdbc0cd5299d6d">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-size "1.3 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-buildsize "15.1 MB">
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[ac567be] | 12 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-time "0.2 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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[51a70dfd] | 35 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 36 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 37 | <listitem>
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| 38 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-http;"/></para>
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| 39 | </listitem>
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| 40 | <listitem>
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| 41 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 42 | </listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &fontconfig-md5sum;</para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>Download size: &fontconfig-size;</para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &fontconfig-buildsize;</para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Estimated build time: &fontconfig-time;</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | </itemizedlist>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <note>
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[481b3e8] | 58 | <para>The numbering system of <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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[ac567be] | 59 | unusual. The beta versions of the package are numbered with a 9x in the
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[18b6c56] | 60 | last portion of the release number. This means that 2.6.92 is a beta
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[ac567be] | 61 | release and the most current release is of the form
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| 62 | &fontconfig-version;</para>
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[51a70dfd] | 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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[0997f66] | 68 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="freetype2"/> and either
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[fdf8b786] | 69 | <xref linkend="expat"/> or <xref linkend="libxml2"/> (requires
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| 70 | <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>)</para>
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[481b3e8] | 71 |
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[51a70dfd] | 72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[caa1fce] | 73 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="docbook-utils"/></para>
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[51a70dfd] | 74 |
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| 75 | <note>
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[575b4a3f] | 76 | <para>If you have <application>DocBook-utils</application> installed
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| 77 | and you remove the <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter> parameter from
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| 78 | the <command>configure</command> command below, you must have
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| 79 | <xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/> and <xref linkend="jadetex"/> installed
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| 80 | also, or the <application>Fontconfig</application> build will fail.</para>
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[51a70dfd] | 81 | </note>
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[481b3e8] | 82 |
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[1663c2b5] | 83 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 84 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Fontconfig'/></para>
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[e4e85b2] | 85 |
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[51a70dfd] | 86 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 87 |
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[51a70dfd] | 88 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 89 | <title>Installation of Fontconfig</title>
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| 90 |
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[481b3e8] | 91 | <para>Install <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the following
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[51a70dfd] | 92 | commands:</para>
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| 93 |
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[fdf8b786] | 94 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 95 | --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
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[e4e85b2] | 96 | --disable-docs --without-add-fonts \
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[f060df7] | 97 | --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version; &&
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[51a70dfd] | 98 | make</userinput></screen>
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[481b3e8] | 99 |
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[51a70dfd] | 100 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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[481b3e8] | 101 |
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[51a70dfd] | 102 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[481b3e8] | 103 |
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[18b6c56] | 104 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[4774a15e] | 105 |
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[51a70dfd] | 106 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 107 |
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[51a70dfd] | 108 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 109 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 110 |
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[fdf8b786] | 111 | <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var</parameter>: This switch places
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| 112 | the system font cache files in <filename
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| 113 | class='directory'>/var/cache/fontconfig</filename>.</para>
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| 114 |
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[e4e85b2] | 115 | <para><parameter>--without-add-fonts</parameter>: This switch disables
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| 116 | the automatic search for X Window System fonts which, if found, may
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| 117 | confuse some applications.</para>
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| 118 |
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[18b6c56] | 119 | <para><parameter>--disable-docs</parameter>: This switch avoids building
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| 120 | the documentation (the release tarball includes pre-generated
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| 121 | documentation).</para>
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| 122 |
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[ac567be] | 123 | <para><parameter>--with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</parameter>:
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| 124 | Though this parameter seems counter-intuitive following the preceding
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| 125 | parameter to the <command>configure</command> command, it is used so that
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| 126 | if the builder removes the <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter> parameter,
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| 127 | the documentation will be installed in a versioned directory name instead
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| 128 | of the default
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| 129 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/doc/fontconfig</filename>.</para>
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[481b3e8] | 130 |
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[51a70dfd] | 131 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 132 |
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[51a70dfd] | 133 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 134 | <title>Configuring Fontconfig</title>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <sect3 id="fontconfig-config">
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| 137 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[481b3e8] | 138 |
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[fdf8b786] | 139 | <para><filename>/etc/fonts/*, /etc/fonts/conf.avail/*, and
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| 140 | /etc/fonts/conf.d/*</filename></para>
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[481b3e8] | 141 |
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[51a70dfd] | 142 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 143 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts">/etc/fonts/*</primary>
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| 144 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 145 |
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[51a70dfd] | 146 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 147 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts-conf.d">/etc/fonts/conf.d/*</primary>
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| 148 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 149 |
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[fdf8b786] | 150 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 151 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts-conf.avail">/etc/fonts/conf.avail/*</primary>
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| 152 | </indexterm>
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| 153 |
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[51a70dfd] | 154 | </sect3>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <sect3>
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| 157 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[481b3e8] | 158 |
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[fdf8b786] | 159 | <para>The main configuration file for <application>Fontconfig</application>
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| 160 | is <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>. Generally you do not want
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| 161 | to edit this file. It will also read <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename>
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| 162 | and any files in <filename class='directory'>/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>.
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| 163 | To put a new font directory in the configuration, create
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[ac567be] | 164 | (or update) the <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename> file with your
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[fdf8b786] | 165 | local information or add a new file in
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| 166 | <filename class='directory'>/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>. The default
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| 167 | location of fonts in <application>Fontconfig</application> is:</para>
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[481b3e8] | 168 |
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[51a70dfd] | 169 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 170 | <listitem>
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| 171 | <para>/usr/share/fonts</para>
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| 172 | </listitem>
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| 173 | <listitem>
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| 174 | <para>~/.fonts</para>
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| 175 | </listitem>
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| 176 | </itemizedlist>
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[481b3e8] | 177 |
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[fdf8b786] | 178 | <para><application>Fontconfig</application> also ships many example
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| 179 | configuration files in the <filename
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| 180 | class='directory'>/etc/fonts/conf.avail</filename> directory. Symlinking
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| 181 | to specific files from <filename class='directory'>/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>
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| 182 | will enable them. The default setup is generally good enough for most
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| 183 | users. See <filename>/etc/fonts/conf.avail/README</filename> for a
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| 184 | description of the configuration files.</para>
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| 185 |
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[51a70dfd] | 186 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 187 | <primary sortas="g-usr-share-fonts">/usr/share/fonts</primary>
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| 188 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 189 |
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[51a70dfd] | 190 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 191 | <primary sortas="g-AA.fonts">~/.fonts</primary>
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| 192 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 193 |
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[e4e85b2] | 194 | <para>More information about configuring
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| 195 | <application>Fontconfig</application> can be found in the user's manual
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[fdf8b786] | 196 | in <ulink
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| 197 | url="file:///usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-user.html"/>.
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| 198 | </para>
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[e4e85b2] | 199 |
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[51a70dfd] | 200 | </sect3>
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[481b3e8] | 201 |
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[51a70dfd] | 202 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 203 |
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[51a70dfd] | 204 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 205 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <segmentedlist>
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| 208 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 209 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 210 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[481b3e8] | 211 |
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[51a70dfd] | 212 | <seglistitem>
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[fdf8b786] | 213 | <seg>fc-cache, fc-cat, fc-list, and fc-match</seg>
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[1039de3] | 214 | <seg>libfontconfig.{so,a}</seg>
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[9625e274] | 215 | <seg>/etc/fonts, /usr/include/fontconfig,
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| 216 | /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version; and
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| 217 | /var/cache/fontconfig</seg>
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[51a70dfd] | 218 | </seglistitem>
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| 219 | </segmentedlist>
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[481b3e8] | 220 |
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[51a70dfd] | 221 | <variablelist>
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| 222 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 223 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 224 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[481b3e8] | 225 |
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[51a70dfd] | 226 | <varlistentry id="fc-cache">
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| 227 | <term><command>fc-cache</command></term>
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| 228 | <listitem>
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| 229 | <para>is used to create font information caches.</para>
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| 230 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-cache">
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| 231 | <primary sortas="b-fc-cache">fc-cache</primary>
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| 232 | </indexterm>
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| 233 | </listitem>
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| 234 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 235 |
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[fdf8b786] | 236 | <varlistentry id="fc-cat">
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| 237 | <term><command>fc-cat</command></term>
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| 238 | <listitem>
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| 239 | <para>is used to read font information caches.</para>
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| 240 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-cat">
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| 241 | <primary sortas="b-fc-cat">fc-cat</primary>
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| 242 | </indexterm>
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| 243 | </listitem>
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| 244 | </varlistentry>
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| 245 |
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[51a70dfd] | 246 | <varlistentry id="fc-list">
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| 247 | <term><command>fc-list</command></term>
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| 248 | <listitem>
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| 249 | <para>is used to create font lists.</para>
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| 250 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-list">
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| 251 | <primary sortas="b-fc-list">fc-list</primary>
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| 252 | </indexterm>
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| 253 | </listitem>
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| 254 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 255 |
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[51a70dfd] | 256 | <varlistentry id="fc-match">
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| 257 | <term><command>fc-match</command></term>
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| 258 | <listitem>
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[481b3e8] | 259 | <para>is used to match available fonts, or find fonts that match
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[51a70dfd] | 260 | a given pattern.</para>
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| 261 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-match">
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| 262 | <primary sortas="b-fc-match">fc-match</primary>
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| 263 | </indexterm>
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| 264 | </listitem>
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| 265 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 266 |
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[51a70dfd] | 267 | <varlistentry id="libfontconfig">
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[1039de3] | 268 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libfontconfig.{so,a}</filename></term>
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[51a70dfd] | 269 | <listitem>
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[481b3e8] | 270 | <para>contains functions used by the
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| 271 | <application>Fontconfig</application> programs and also by other
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[51a70dfd] | 272 | programs to configure or customize font access.</para>
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| 273 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig libfontconfig">
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[1039de3] | 274 | <primary sortas="c-libfontconfig">libfontconfig.{so,a}</primary>
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[51a70dfd] | 275 | </indexterm>
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| 276 | </listitem>
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| 277 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 278 |
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[51a70dfd] | 279 | </variablelist>
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| 280 |
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| 281 | </sect2>
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[8de6b187] | 282 |
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| 283 | </sect1>
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