[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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[a2d546f] | 7 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-http "http://fontconfig.org/release/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;.tar.gz">
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[19bf3801] | 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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| 10 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-md5sum "d5e42a27ad2f22bc5ec45f15533fc5d1">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-size "962 KB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-buildsize "10.5 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-time "0.19 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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[a0f03b0] | 17 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 18 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 20 | </sect1info>
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[7f72cbf] | 21 | <?dbhtml filename="fontconfig.html"?>
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[b9ad2f9a] | 22 | <title>Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</title>
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[19bf3801] | 23 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig">
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| 24 | <primary sortas="a-Fontconfig">Fontconfig</primary></indexterm>
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[8de6b187] | 25 |
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[52d29f7] | 26 | <sect2>
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| 27 | <title>Introduction to <application>Fontconfig</application></title>
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[d82991f] | 28 |
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[52d29f7] | 29 | <para>The <application>Fontconfig</application> package is a library
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| 30 | for configuring and customizing font access.</para>
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[d82991f] | 31 |
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[52d29f7] | 32 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 33 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 34 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 35 | url="&fontconfig-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 36 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 37 | url="&fontconfig-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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[d97499f] | 38 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &fontconfig-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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[52d29f7] | 39 | <listitem><para>Download size: &fontconfig-size;</para></listitem>
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[a2d546f] | 40 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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[52d29f7] | 41 | &fontconfig-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 43 | &fontconfig-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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[d82991f] | 44 |
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[c82e999] | 45 | <note><para>The numbering system of <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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| 46 | unusual. The beta versions of the package are numbered with a 9x in the last
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[19bf3801] | 47 | portion of the release number. This means that 2.3.90 is a beta release and
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| 48 | the most current release is of the form 2.3.1</para></note>
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[52d29f7] | 49 | </sect3>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <sect3><title><application>Fontconfig</application> dependencies</title>
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| 52 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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[a2d546f] | 53 | <para><xref linkend="freetype2"/> and <xref linkend="expat"/></para>
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| 54 | </sect4>
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| 55 |
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[52d29f7] | 56 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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[a2d546f] | 57 | <para><xref linkend="docbook-utils"/></para>
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[e8b9dbf7] | 58 |
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| 59 | <note><para>If you have <application>DocBook-utils</application> installed,
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| 60 | you must also have <xref linkend="perl-modules"/>: SGMLSpm-1.03ii installed
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| 61 | also, or the <application>Fontconfig</application> build will
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| 62 | fail.</para></note>
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[a2d546f] | 63 | </sect4>
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[52d29f7] | 64 | </sect3>
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[c82e999] | 65 |
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[52d29f7] | 66 | </sect2>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <sect2>
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| 69 | <title>Installation of <application>Fontconfig</application></title>
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[d82991f] | 70 |
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| 71 | <para>Install <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the following
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| 72 | commands:</para>
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| 73 |
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[f9d2ee6] | 74 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 75 | --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-docs &&
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[19bf3801] | 76 | make</command></userinput></screen>
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| 77 |
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[907fee89] | 78 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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| 79 |
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[19bf3801] | 80 | <para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>
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[52d29f7] | 83 | </sect2>
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| 84 |
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[f9d2ee6] | 85 | <sect2>
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| 86 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <para><option>--disable-docs</option>: This switch avoids building the
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| 89 | documentation. If you wish to build the documentation using
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| 90 | <application>DocBook-utils</application>, you may need to remove the
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| 91 | <application>OpenSP</application> catalog definitions from the system
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[04af8b24] | 92 | <acronym>SGML</acronym> catalogs. Use the following command before building
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[f9d2ee6] | 93 | the package to accomplish this:</para>
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| 94 |
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[04af8b24] | 95 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i.orig \
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[cacf29f] | 96 | -e "\%CATALOG /etc/sgml/OpenSP-1.5.1.cat%d" \
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[04af8b24] | 97 | /etc/sgml/catalog \
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[f9d2ee6] | 98 | /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat</command></userinput></screen>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | </sect2>
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| 101 |
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[52d29f7] | 102 | <sect2>
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| 103 | <title>Configuring <application>Fontconfig</application></title>
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[d82991f] | 104 |
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[19bf3801] | 105 | <sect3 id="fontconfig-config"><title>Config files</title>
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| 106 | <para><filename>/etc/fonts/* and /etc/fonts/conf.d/*</filename></para>
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| 107 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 108 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts">/etc/fonts/*</primary></indexterm>
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| 109 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 110 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts-conf.d">/etc/fonts/conf.d/*</primary></indexterm>
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[52d29f7] | 111 | </sect3>
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[d82991f] | 112 |
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[52d29f7] | 113 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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[d82991f] | 114 |
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| 115 | <para>The configuration file for <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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| 116 | <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>. Generally you do not want to edit
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[19bf3801] | 117 | this file. To put a new font directory in the configuration, create (or
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| 118 | update) the <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename> file with your local
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| 119 | information. The default location of fonts in
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| 120 | <application>Fontconfig</application> is:
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[c82e999] | 121 | </para>
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| 122 |
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[52d29f7] | 123 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 124 | <listitem><para>/usr/share/fonts</para></listitem>
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| 125 | <listitem><para>~/.fonts</para></listitem>
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| 126 | </itemizedlist>
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[19bf3801] | 127 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 128 | <primary sortas="g-usr-share-fonts">/usr/share/fonts</primary></indexterm>
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| 129 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 130 | <primary sortas="g-AA.fonts">~/.fonts</primary></indexterm>
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[d82991f] | 131 |
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[52d29f7] | 132 | <note><para><application>X</application> also includes an internal (and
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[c82e999] | 133 | older) version of <application>Fontconfig</application> and unless it is
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[19bf3801] | 134 | explicitly disabled when building <application>Xorg</application> or
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| 135 | <application>XFree86</application>, the internal version is created leaving
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| 136 | two slightly incompatible libraries on your system. It is recommended that
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| 137 | you only install one version.</para></note>
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[52d29f7] | 138 | </sect3>
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[d82991f] | 139 |
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[52d29f7] | 140 | </sect2>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <sect2>
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| 143 | <title>Contents</title>
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[d82991f] | 144 |
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[19bf3801] | 145 | <segmentedlist>
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| 146 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 147 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 148 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <seglistitem>
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| 151 | <seg>fc-cache, fc-list and fc-match</seg>
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| 152 | <seg>libfontconfig.[so,a]</seg>
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| 153 | <seg>/etc/fonts and /usr/include/fontconfig</seg>
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| 154 | </seglistitem>
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| 155 | </segmentedlist>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <variablelist>
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| 158 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 159 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <varlistentry id="fc-cache">
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| 162 | <term><command>fc-cache</command></term>
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| 163 | <listitem><para>is used to create font information caches.</para>
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| 164 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-cache">
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| 165 | <primary sortas="b-fc-cache">fc-cache</primary>
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| 166 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 167 | </varlistentry>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <varlistentry id="fc-list">
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| 170 | <term><command>fc-list</command></term>
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| 171 | <listitem><para>is used to create font lists.</para>
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| 172 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-list">
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| 173 | <primary sortas="b-fc-list">fc-list</primary>
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| 174 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 175 | </varlistentry>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <varlistentry id="fc-match">
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| 178 | <term><command>fc-match</command></term>
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| 179 | <listitem><para>is used to match available fonts, or find fonts that match
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| 180 | a given pattern.</para>
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| 181 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-match">
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| 182 | <primary sortas="b-fc-match">fc-match</primary>
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| 183 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 184 | </varlistentry>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <varlistentry id="libfontconfig">
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| 187 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libfontconfig.[so,a]</filename></term>
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| 188 | <listitem><para>contains functions used by the
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| 189 | <application>Fontconfig</application> programs and also by other programs to
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| 190 | configure or customize font access.</para>
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| 191 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig libfontconfig">
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| 192 | <primary sortas="c-libfontconfig">libfontconfig.[so,a]</primary>
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| 193 | </indexterm></listitem>
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| 194 | </varlistentry>
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| 195 | </variablelist>
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[d82991f] | 196 |
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[52d29f7] | 197 | </sect2>
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[8de6b187] | 198 |
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| 199 | </sect1>
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