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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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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
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8 | "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;.tar.xz">
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9 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-ftp " ">
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10 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-md5sum "e12700a9d522bdfec06b6b7e72646987">
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11 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-size "1.4 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-buildsize "16 MB (with tests)">
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13 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-time "0.3 SBU (with tests)">
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14 | ]>
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15 |
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16 | <sect1 id="fontconfig" xreflabel="Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;">
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17 | <?dbhtml filename="fontconfig.html"?>
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18 |
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19 | <sect1info>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</title>
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24 |
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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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31 |
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32 | <para>
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33 | The <application>Fontconfig</application> package contains
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34 | a library and support programs used for configuring and
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35 | customizing font access.
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36 | </para>
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37 |
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38 | &lfs112_checked;
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39 |
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40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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41 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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42 | <listitem>
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43 | <para>
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44 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-http;"/>
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45 | </para>
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46 | </listitem>
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>
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49 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-ftp;"/>
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50 | </para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>
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54 | Download MD5 sum: &fontconfig-md5sum;
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55 | </para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>
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59 | Download size: &fontconfig-size;
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60 | </para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>
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64 | Estimated disk space required: &fontconfig-buildsize;
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65 | </para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <para>
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69 | Estimated build time: &fontconfig-time;
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70 | </para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | </itemizedlist>
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73 | <!--
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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75 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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76 | <listitem>
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77 | <para>
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78 | Required patch:
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79 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;-gperf-3.1-1.patch"/>
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80 | </para>
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81 | </listitem>
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82 | </itemizedlist>
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83 | -->
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84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Fontconfig Dependencies</bridgehead>
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85 |
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86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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87 | <para role="required">
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88 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>
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89 | </para>
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90 |
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91 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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92 | <para role="optional">
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93 | <xref linkend="curl"/> and <xref linkend="unzip"/>
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94 | (both used by some tests for downloading and extracting test files),
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95 | <xref linkend="json-c"/>,
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96 | <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/> and
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97 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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98 | <xref linkend="texlive"/> (or <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>)
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99 | </para>
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100 |
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101 | <note>
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102 | <para>
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103 | If you have <application>DocBook Utils</application> installed and
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104 | you remove the <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter> parameter from
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105 | the <command>configure</command> command below, you must have
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106 | <xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/> and <xref linkend="texlive"/> installed
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107 | also, or the <application>Fontconfig</application> build will fail.
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108 | </para>
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109 | </note>
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110 |
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111 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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112 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Fontconfig'/>
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113 | </para>
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114 | </sect2>
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115 |
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116 | <sect2 role="installation">
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117 | <title>Installation of Fontconfig</title>
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118 |
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119 | <para>
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120 | Install <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the following
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121 | commands:
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122 | </para>
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123 |
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124 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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125 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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126 | --localstatedir=/var \
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127 | --disable-docs \
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128 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version; &&
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129 | make</userinput></screen>
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130 |
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131 | <para>
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132 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. One test
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133 | is known to fail if the kernel does not support user namespaces. Some
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134 | tests will download some font files via Internet.
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135 | </para>
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136 |
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137 | <para>
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138 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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139 | </para>
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140 |
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141 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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142 |
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143 | <para>
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144 | If you did not remove the <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter>
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145 | parameter from the <command>configure</command> command, you can install
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146 | the pre-generated documentation by using the following commands as the
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147 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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148 | </para>
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149 |
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150 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 \
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151 | /usr/share/{man/man{1,3,5},doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-devel} &&
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152 | install -v -m644 fc-*/*.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
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153 | install -v -m644 doc/*.3 /usr/share/man/man3 &&
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154 | install -v -m644 doc/fonts-conf.5 /usr/share/man/man5 &&
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155 | install -v -m644 doc/fontconfig-devel/* \
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156 | /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-devel &&
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157 | install -v -m644 doc/*.{pdf,sgml,txt,html} \
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158 | /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</userinput></screen>
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159 |
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160 | </sect2>
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161 |
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162 | <sect2 role="commands">
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163 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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164 |
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165 | <para>
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166 | <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter>: This switch avoids building the
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167 | documentation (the release tarball includes pre-generated
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168 | documentation).
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169 | </para>
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170 |
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171 | </sect2>
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172 |
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173 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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174 | <title>Configuring Fontconfig</title>
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175 |
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176 | <sect3 id="fontconfig-config">
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177 | <title>Config Files</title>
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178 |
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179 | <para>
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180 | <filename>
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181 | /etc/fonts/*,
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182 | /etc/fonts/conf.d/* and
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183 | /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/*
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184 | </filename>
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185 | </para>
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186 |
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187 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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188 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts">/etc/fonts/*</primary>
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189 | </indexterm>
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190 |
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191 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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192 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts-conf.d">/etc/fonts/conf.d/*</primary>
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193 | </indexterm>
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194 |
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195 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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196 | <primary sortas="e-usr-share-fontconfig-conf.avail">/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/*</primary>
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197 | </indexterm>
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198 |
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199 | </sect3>
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200 |
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201 | <sect3>
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202 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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203 |
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204 | <para>
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205 | The main configuration file for <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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206 | <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>. Generally you do not want
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207 | to edit this file. It will also read <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename>
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208 | and any files in <filename class="directory">/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>.
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209 | To put a new font directory in the configuration, create
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210 | (or update) the <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename> file with your
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211 | local information or add a new file in
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212 | <filename class="directory">/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>. The default
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213 | location of fonts in <application>Fontconfig</application> is:
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214 | </para>
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215 |
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216 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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217 | <listitem>
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218 | <para>
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219 | /usr/share/fonts
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220 | </para>
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221 | </listitem>
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222 | <listitem>
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223 | <para>
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224 | ~/.local/share/fonts
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225 | </para>
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226 | </listitem>
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227 | <listitem>
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228 | <para>
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229 | ~/.fonts <emphasis>(this is now deprecated, but for the moment
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230 | it still works)</emphasis>
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231 | </para>
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232 | </listitem>
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233 | </itemizedlist>
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234 |
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235 | <para>
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236 | <application>Fontconfig</application> also ships many example
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237 | configuration files in the
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238 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail</filename>
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239 | directory. Symlinking specific files to
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240 | <filename class="directory">/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>
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241 | will enable them. The default setup is generally good enough for
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242 | most users. See <filename>/etc/fonts/conf.d/README</filename>
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243 | for a description of the configuration files.
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244 | </para>
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245 |
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246 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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247 | <primary sortas="e-usr-share-fonts">/usr/share/fonts</primary>
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248 | </indexterm>
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249 |
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250 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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251 | <primary sortas="e-AA.fonts">~/.fonts</primary>
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252 | </indexterm>
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253 |
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254 | <para>
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255 | More information about configuring <application>Fontconfig</application>
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256 | can be found in the user's manual in <ulink
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257 | url="file:///usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-user.html"/>.
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258 | </para>
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259 |
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260 | </sect3>
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261 |
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262 | </sect2>
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263 |
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264 | <sect2 role="content">
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265 | <title>Contents</title>
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266 |
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267 | <segmentedlist>
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268 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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269 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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270 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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271 |
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272 | <seglistitem>
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273 | <seg>
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274 | fc-cache, fc-cat, fc-conflist, fc-list, fc-match, fc-pattern,
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275 | fc-query, fc-scan, and fc-validate
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276 | </seg>
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277 | <seg>
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278 | libfontconfig.so
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279 | </seg>
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280 | <seg>
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281 | /etc/fonts,
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282 | /usr/include/fontconfig,
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283 | /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;,
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284 | /usr/share/fontconfig,
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285 | /usr/share/xml/fontconfig, and
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286 | /var/cache/fontconfig
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287 | </seg>
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288 | </seglistitem>
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289 | </segmentedlist>
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290 |
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291 | <variablelist>
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292 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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293 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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294 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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295 |
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296 | <varlistentry id="fc-cache">
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297 | <term><command>fc-cache</command></term>
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298 | <listitem>
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299 | <para>
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300 | is used to create font information caches
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301 | </para>
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302 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-cache">
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303 | <primary sortas="b-fc-cache">fc-cache</primary>
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304 | </indexterm>
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305 | </listitem>
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306 | </varlistentry>
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307 |
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308 | <varlistentry id="fc-cat">
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309 | <term><command>fc-cat</command></term>
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310 | <listitem>
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311 | <para>
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312 | is used to read font information caches
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313 | </para>
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314 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-cat">
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315 | <primary sortas="b-fc-cat">fc-cat</primary>
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316 | </indexterm>
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317 | </listitem>
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318 | </varlistentry>
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319 |
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320 | <varlistentry id="fc-conflist">
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321 | <term><command>fc-conflist</command></term>
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322 | <listitem>
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323 | <para>
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324 | shows the ruleset files' information on the system
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325 | </para>
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326 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-conflist">
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327 | <primary sortas="b-fc-conflist">fc-conflist</primary>
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328 | </indexterm>
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329 | </listitem>
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330 | </varlistentry>
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331 |
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332 | <varlistentry id="fc-list">
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333 | <term><command>fc-list</command></term>
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334 | <listitem>
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335 | <para>
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336 | is used to create font lists
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337 | </para>
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338 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-list">
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339 | <primary sortas="b-fc-list">fc-list</primary>
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340 | </indexterm>
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341 | </listitem>
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342 | </varlistentry>
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343 |
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344 | <varlistentry id="fc-match">
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345 | <term><command>fc-match</command></term>
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346 | <listitem>
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347 | <para>
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348 | is used to match available fonts, or find fonts that match
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349 | a given pattern
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350 | </para>
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351 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-match">
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352 | <primary sortas="b-fc-match">fc-match</primary>
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353 | </indexterm>
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354 | </listitem>
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355 | </varlistentry>
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356 |
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357 | <varlistentry id="fc-pattern">
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358 | <term><command>fc-pattern</command></term>
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359 | <listitem>
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360 | <para>
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361 | is used to parse pattern (empty pattern by default) and show
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362 | the parsed result
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363 | </para>
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364 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-pattern">
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365 | <primary sortas="b-fc-pattern">fc-pattern</primary>
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366 | </indexterm>
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367 | </listitem>
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368 | </varlistentry>
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369 |
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370 | <varlistentry id="fc-query">
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371 | <term><command>fc-query</command></term>
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372 | <listitem>
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373 | <para>
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374 | is used to query fonts files and print resulting patterns
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375 | </para>
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376 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-query">
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377 | <primary sortas="b-fc-query">fc-query</primary>
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378 | </indexterm>
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379 | </listitem>
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380 | </varlistentry>
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381 |
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382 | <varlistentry id="fc-scan">
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383 | <term><command>fc-scan</command></term>
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384 | <listitem>
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385 | <para>
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386 | is used to scan font files and directories, and print resulting
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387 | patterns
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388 | </para>
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389 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-scan">
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390 | <primary sortas="b-fc-scan">fc-scan</primary>
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391 | </indexterm>
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392 | </listitem>
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393 | </varlistentry>
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394 |
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395 | <varlistentry id="fc-validate">
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396 | <term><command>fc-validate</command></term>
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397 | <listitem>
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398 | <para>
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399 | is used to validate font files
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400 | </para>
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401 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-validate">
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402 | <primary sortas="b-fc-validate">fc-validate</primary>
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403 | </indexterm>
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404 | </listitem>
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405 | </varlistentry>
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406 |
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407 | <varlistentry id="libfontconfig">
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408 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfontconfig.so</filename></term>
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409 | <listitem>
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410 | <para>
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411 | contains functions used by the <application>Fontconfig</application>
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412 | programs and also by other programs to configure or customize font
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413 | access
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414 | </para>
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415 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig libfontconfig">
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416 | <primary sortas="c-libfontconfig">libfontconfig.so</primary>
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417 | </indexterm>
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418 | </listitem>
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419 | </varlistentry>
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420 |
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421 | </variablelist>
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422 |
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423 | </sect2>
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424 |
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425 | </sect1>
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