%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Fontconfig The Fontconfig package is a library for configuring and customizing font access. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &fontconfig-md5sum; Download size: &fontconfig-size; Estimated disk space required: &fontconfig-buildsize; Estimated build time: &fontconfig-time; The numbering system of Fontconfig is unusual. The beta versions of the package are numbered with a 9x in the last portion of the release number. This means that 2.6.92 is a beta release and the most current release is of the form &fontconfig-version; Fontconfig Dependencies Required and either or (requires ) Optional If you have DocBook-utils installed and you remove the --disable-docs parameter from the configure command below, you must have and installed also, or the Fontconfig build will fail. User Notes: Install Fontconfig by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \ --disable-docs --without-add-fonts \ --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version; && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install --localstatedir=/var: This switch places the system font cache files in /var/cache/fontconfig. --without-add-fonts: This switch disables the automatic search for X Window System fonts which, if found, may confuse some applications. --disable-docs: This switch avoids building the documentation (the release tarball includes pre-generated documentation). --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;: Though this parameter seems counter-intuitive following the preceding parameter to the configure command, it is used so that if the builder removes the --disable-docs parameter, the documentation will be installed in a versioned directory name instead of the default /usr/share/doc/fontconfig. /etc/fonts/*, /etc/fonts/conf.avail/*, and /etc/fonts/conf.d/* /etc/fonts/* /etc/fonts/conf.d/* /etc/fonts/conf.avail/* The main configuration file for Fontconfig is /etc/fonts/fonts.conf. Generally you do not want to edit this file. It will also read /etc/fonts/local.conf and any files in /etc/fonts/conf.d. To put a new font directory in the configuration, create (or update) the /etc/fonts/local.conf file with your local information or add a new file in /etc/fonts/conf.d. The default location of fonts in Fontconfig is: /usr/share/fonts ~/.fonts Fontconfig also ships many example configuration files in the /etc/fonts/conf.avail directory. Symlinking to specific files from /etc/fonts/conf.d will enable them. The default setup is generally good enough for most users. See /etc/fonts/conf.avail/README for a description of the configuration files. /usr/share/fonts ~/.fonts More information about configuring Fontconfig can be found in the user's manual in . Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories fc-cache, fc-cat, fc-list, and fc-match libfontconfig.{so,a} /etc/fonts, /usr/include/fontconfig, /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version; and /var/cache/fontconfig Short Descriptions fc-cache is used to create font information caches. fc-cache fc-cat is used to read font information caches. fc-cat fc-list is used to create font lists. fc-list fc-match is used to match available fonts, or find fonts that match a given pattern. fc-match libfontconfig.{so,a} contains functions used by the Fontconfig programs and also by other programs to configure or customize font access. libfontconfig.{so,a}