[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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[ac567be] | 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-md5sum "7354f9f125ea78a8f2851cb9c31d4866">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-size "942 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-buildsize "13.0 MB">
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| 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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[caa1fce] | 21 | <keywordset>
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| 22 | <keyword role="package">fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;.tar</keyword>
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[22ac237] | 23 | <keyword role="ftpdir">fontconfig</keyword>
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[caa1fce] | 24 | </keywordset>
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[51a70dfd] | 25 | </sect1info>
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[481b3e8] | 26 |
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[51a70dfd] | 27 | <title>Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</title>
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[481b3e8] | 28 |
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[51a70dfd] | 29 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig">
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| 30 | <primary sortas="a-Fontconfig">Fontconfig</primary>
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| 31 | </indexterm>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 34 | <title>Introduction to Fontconfig</title>
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[481b3e8] | 35 |
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[51a70dfd] | 36 | <para>The <application>Fontconfig</application> package is a library
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| 37 | for configuring and customizing font access.</para>
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[481b3e8] | 38 |
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[51a70dfd] | 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-http;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &fontconfig-md5sum;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download size: &fontconfig-size;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &fontconfig-buildsize;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated build time: &fontconfig-time;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | </itemizedlist>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <note>
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[481b3e8] | 62 | <para>The numbering system of <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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[ac567be] | 63 | unusual. The beta versions of the package are numbered with a 9x in the
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| 64 | last portion of the release number. This means that 2.3.92 is a beta
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| 65 | release and the most current release is of the form
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| 66 | &fontconfig-version;</para>
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[51a70dfd] | 67 | </note>
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[481b3e8] | 68 |
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[51a70dfd] | 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Fontconfig Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[481b3e8] | 70 |
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[51a70dfd] | 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[caa1fce] | 72 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="freetype2"/> and <xref linkend="expat"/></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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| 81 | <xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/> and <xref linkend="jadetex"/> installed
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| 82 | also, or the <application>Fontconfig</application> build will fail.</para>
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[51a70dfd] | 83 | </note>
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[481b3e8] | 84 |
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[51a70dfd] | 85 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 86 |
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[51a70dfd] | 87 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 88 | <title>Installation of Fontconfig</title>
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| 89 |
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[481b3e8] | 90 | <para>Install <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the following
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[51a70dfd] | 91 | commands:</para>
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| 92 |
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[da7c905] | 93 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 94 | --disable-docs --without-add-fonts \
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[ac567be] | 95 | --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version; &&
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[51a70dfd] | 96 | make</userinput></screen>
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[481b3e8] | 97 |
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[51a70dfd] | 98 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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[481b3e8] | 99 |
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[51a70dfd] | 100 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[481b3e8] | 101 |
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[323d61c] | 102 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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[693fd814] | 103 | install -v -m644 doc/*.3 /usr/share/man/man3 &&
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| 104 | install -v -m644 doc/*.5 /usr/share/man/man5 &&
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[ac567be] | 105 | install -v -m755 \
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| 106 | -d /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-devel &&
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| 107 | install -v -m644 doc/*.{html,pdf,txt} \
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| 108 | /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version; &&
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[693fd814] | 109 | install -v -m644 doc/fontconfig-devel/* \
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[ac567be] | 110 | /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-devel</userinput></screen>
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[4774a15e] | 111 |
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[51a70dfd] | 112 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 113 |
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[51a70dfd] | 114 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 115 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 116 |
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[575b4a3f] | 117 | <para><parameter>--disable-docs</parameter>: This switch avoids building
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| 118 | the documentation (the release tarball includes pre-generated
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| 119 | documentation).</para>
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| 120 |
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[da7c905] | 121 | <para><parameter>--without-add-fonts</parameter>: Without this switch, the
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| 122 | default font search path would include any <application>X</application>
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| 123 | font paths found outside of /usr/share/fonts. This would include
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| 124 | bitmapped fonts, which <application>Fontconfig</application> cannot
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| 125 | handle appropriately.</para>
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| 126 |
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[ac567be] | 127 | <para><parameter>--with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</parameter>:
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| 128 | Though this parameter seems counter-intuitive following the preceding
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| 129 | parameter to the <command>configure</command> command, it is used so that
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| 130 | if the builder removes the <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter> parameter,
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| 131 | the documentation will be installed in a versioned directory name instead
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| 132 | of the default
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| 133 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/doc/fontconfig</filename>.</para>
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[481b3e8] | 134 |
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[51a70dfd] | 135 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 136 |
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[51a70dfd] | 137 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 138 | <title>Configuring Fontconfig</title>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <sect3 id="fontconfig-config">
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| 141 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[481b3e8] | 142 |
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[51a70dfd] | 143 | <para><filename>/etc/fonts/* and /etc/fonts/conf.d/*</filename></para>
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[481b3e8] | 144 |
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[51a70dfd] | 145 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 146 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts">/etc/fonts/*</primary>
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| 147 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 148 |
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[51a70dfd] | 149 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 150 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts-conf.d">/etc/fonts/conf.d/*</primary>
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| 151 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 152 |
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[51a70dfd] | 153 | </sect3>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <sect3>
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| 156 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[481b3e8] | 157 |
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| 158 | <para>The configuration file for <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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[ac567be] | 159 | <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>. Generally you do not want to
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| 160 | edit this file. To put a new font directory in the configuration, create
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| 161 | (or update) the <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename> file with your
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| 162 | local information. The default location of fonts in
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[51a70dfd] | 163 | <application>Fontconfig</application> is:</para>
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[481b3e8] | 164 |
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[51a70dfd] | 165 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 166 | <listitem>
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| 167 | <para>/usr/share/fonts</para>
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| 168 | </listitem>
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| 169 | <listitem>
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| 170 | <para>~/.fonts</para>
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| 171 | </listitem>
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| 172 | </itemizedlist>
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[481b3e8] | 173 |
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[51a70dfd] | 174 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 175 | <primary sortas="g-usr-share-fonts">/usr/share/fonts</primary>
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| 176 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 177 |
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[51a70dfd] | 178 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 179 | <primary sortas="g-AA.fonts">~/.fonts</primary>
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| 180 | </indexterm>
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[481b3e8] | 181 |
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[51a70dfd] | 182 | <note>
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| 183 | <para><application>X</application> also includes an internal (and
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[ac567be] | 184 | older) version of <application>Fontconfig</application> and unless it
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| 185 | is explicitly disabled when building <application>Xorg</application> or
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| 186 | <application>XFree86</application>, the internal version is created
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| 187 | leaving two slightly incompatible libraries on your system. It is
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| 188 | recommended that you only install one version.</para>
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[51a70dfd] | 189 | </note>
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[481b3e8] | 190 |
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[51a70dfd] | 191 | </sect3>
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[481b3e8] | 192 |
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[51a70dfd] | 193 | </sect2>
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[481b3e8] | 194 |
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[51a70dfd] | 195 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 196 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <segmentedlist>
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| 199 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 200 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 201 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[481b3e8] | 202 |
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[51a70dfd] | 203 | <seglistitem>
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| 204 | <seg>fc-cache, fc-list, and fc-match</seg>
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| 205 | <seg>libfontconfig.[so,a]</seg>
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[ac567be] | 206 | <seg>/etc/fonts, /usr/include/fontconfig and
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| 207 | /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</seg>
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[51a70dfd] | 208 | </seglistitem>
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| 209 | </segmentedlist>
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[481b3e8] | 210 |
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[51a70dfd] | 211 | <variablelist>
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| 212 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 213 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 214 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[481b3e8] | 215 |
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[51a70dfd] | 216 | <varlistentry id="fc-cache">
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| 217 | <term><command>fc-cache</command></term>
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| 218 | <listitem>
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| 219 | <para>is used to create font information caches.</para>
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| 220 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-cache">
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| 221 | <primary sortas="b-fc-cache">fc-cache</primary>
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| 222 | </indexterm>
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| 223 | </listitem>
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| 224 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 225 |
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[51a70dfd] | 226 | <varlistentry id="fc-list">
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| 227 | <term><command>fc-list</command></term>
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| 228 | <listitem>
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| 229 | <para>is used to create font lists.</para>
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| 230 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-list">
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| 231 | <primary sortas="b-fc-list">fc-list</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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[51a70dfd] | 236 | <varlistentry id="fc-match">
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| 237 | <term><command>fc-match</command></term>
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| 238 | <listitem>
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[481b3e8] | 239 | <para>is used to match available fonts, or find fonts that match
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[51a70dfd] | 240 | a given pattern.</para>
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| 241 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-match">
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| 242 | <primary sortas="b-fc-match">fc-match</primary>
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| 243 | </indexterm>
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| 244 | </listitem>
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| 245 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 246 |
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[51a70dfd] | 247 | <varlistentry id="libfontconfig">
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| 248 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libfontconfig.[so,a]</filename></term>
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| 249 | <listitem>
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[481b3e8] | 250 | <para>contains functions used by the
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| 251 | <application>Fontconfig</application> programs and also by other
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[51a70dfd] | 252 | programs to configure or customize font access.</para>
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| 253 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig libfontconfig">
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| 254 | <primary sortas="c-libfontconfig">libfontconfig.[so,a]</primary>
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| 255 | </indexterm>
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| 256 | </listitem>
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| 257 | </varlistentry>
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[481b3e8] | 258 |
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[51a70dfd] | 259 | </variablelist>
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| 260 |
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| 261 | </sect2>
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[8de6b187] | 262 |
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| 263 | </sect1>
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