1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-http "http://freedesktop.org/~fontconfig/release/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-size "747 KB">
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10 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-buildsize "10 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-time "0.18 SBU">
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12 | ]>
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13 |
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14 | <sect1 id="fontconfig" xreflabel="Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;">
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15 | <sect1info>
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16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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18 | </sect1info>
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19 | <?dbhtml filename="fontconfig.html"?>
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20 | <title>Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</title>
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21 |
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22 | <sect2>
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23 | <title>Introduction to <application>Fontconfig</application></title>
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24 |
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25 | <para>The <application>Fontconfig</application> package is a library
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26 | for configuring and customizing font access.</para>
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27 |
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28 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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29 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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30 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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31 | url="&fontconfig-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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32 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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33 | url="&fontconfig-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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34 | <listitem><para>Download size: &fontconfig-size;</para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
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36 | &fontconfig-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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38 | &fontconfig-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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39 |
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40 | <note><para>The numbering system of <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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41 | unusual. The beta versions of the package are numbered with a 9x in the last
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42 | portion of the release number. This means that 2.2.96 is a beta release and
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43 | the most current release is of the form 2.2.3</para></note>
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44 |
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45 | </sect3>
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46 |
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47 | <sect3><title><application>Fontconfig</application> dependencies</title>
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48 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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49 | <para><xref linkend="freetype2"/> and <xref linkend="expat"/></para></sect4>
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50 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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51 | <para>
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52 | <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>
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53 | </para></sect4>
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54 | </sect3>
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55 |
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56 | </sect2>
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57 |
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58 | <sect2>
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59 | <title>Installation of <application>Fontconfig</application></title>
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60 |
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61 | <para>Install <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the following
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62 | commands:</para>
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63 |
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64 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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65 | --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-docs &&
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66 | make &&
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67 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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68 | </sect2>
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69 |
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70 | <sect2>
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71 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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72 |
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73 | <para><option>--disable-docs</option>: This switch avoids building the
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74 | documentation. If you wish to build the documentation using
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75 | <application>DocBook-utils</application>, you may need to remove the
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76 | <application>OpenSP</application> catalog definitions from the system
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77 | <acronym>SGML</acronym> catalogs. Use the following command before building
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78 | the package to accomplish this:</para>
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79 |
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80 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i.orig \
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81 | -e "/CATALOG \/etc\/sgml\/OpenSP-1.5.1.cat/d" \
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82 | /etc/sgml/catalog \
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83 | /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat</command></userinput></screen>
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84 |
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85 | </sect2>
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86 |
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87 | <sect2>
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88 | <title>Configuring <application>Fontconfig</application></title>
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89 |
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90 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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91 | <para><filename>/etc/fonts/*</filename></para>
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92 | </sect3>
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93 |
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94 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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95 |
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96 | <para>The configuration file for <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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97 | <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>. Generally you do not want to edit
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98 | this file. To put a new font directory in the configuration, update the
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99 | <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename> file with your local information.
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100 | The default location of fonts in <application>Fontconfig</application> is:
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101 | </para>
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102 |
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103 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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104 | <listitem><para>/usr/share/fonts</para></listitem>
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105 | <listitem><para>~/.fonts</para></listitem>
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106 | </itemizedlist>
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107 |
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108 | <note><para><application>X</application> also includes an internal (and
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109 | older) version of <application>Fontconfig</application> and unless it is
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110 | explicitly disabled when building <application>XFree86</application>, the
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111 | internal version is created leaving two slightly incompatible libraries on
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112 | your system. It is recommended that you only install one version.</para></note>
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113 |
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114 | </sect3>
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115 |
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116 | </sect2>
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117 |
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118 | <sect2>
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119 | <title>Contents</title>
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120 |
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121 | <para>The <application>Fontconfig</application> package contains the
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122 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libfontconfig</filename> library,
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123 | <command>fc-cache</command>, and <command>fc-list</command>.</para>
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124 |
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125 | </sect2>
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126 |
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127 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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128 |
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129 | <sect3><title>fc-cache</title>
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130 | <para><command>fc-cache</command> is a command to create font information
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131 | caches.</para></sect3>
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132 |
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133 | <sect3><title>fc-list</title>
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134 | <para><command>fc-list</command> is a command to list fonts.</para></sect3>
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135 |
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136 | </sect2>
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137 |
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138 | </sect1>
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