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 "ftp://ftp.us.sinuspl.net/pub/src/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-size "727 KB">
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10 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-buildsize "11 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 |
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15 | <sect1 id="fontconfig" xreflabel="Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="fontconfig.html"?>
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17 | <title>Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</title>
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18 |
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19 | <sect2>
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20 | <title>Introduction to <application>Fontconfig</application></title>
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21 |
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22 | <para>The <application>Fontconfig</application> package is a library
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23 | for configuring and customizing font access.</para>
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24 |
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25 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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26 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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27 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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28 | url="&fontconfig-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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29 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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30 | url="&fontconfig-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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31 | <listitem><para>Download size: &fontconfig-size;</para></listitem>
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32 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
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33 | &fontconfig-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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34 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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35 | &fontconfig-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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36 |
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37 | <note><para>The numbering system of <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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38 | unusual. The beta versions of the package are numbered with a 9x in the last
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39 | portion of the release number. This means that 2.2.96 is a beta release and
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40 | the most current release is of the form 2.2.3</para></note>
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41 |
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42 | </sect3>
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43 |
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44 | <sect3><title><application>Fontconfig</application> dependencies</title>
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45 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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46 | <para><xref linkend="freetype2"/> and <xref linkend="expat"/></para></sect4>
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47 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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48 | <para>
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49 | <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>
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50 | </para></sect4>
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51 | </sect3>
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52 |
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53 | </sect2>
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54 |
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55 | <sect2>
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56 | <title>Installation of <application>Fontconfig</application></title>
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57 |
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58 | <para>Install <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the following
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59 | commands:</para>
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60 |
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61 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
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62 | make &&
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63 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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64 | </sect2>
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65 |
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66 | <sect2>
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67 | <title>Configuring <application>Fontconfig</application></title>
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68 |
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69 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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70 | <para><filename>/etc/fonts/*</filename></para>
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71 | </sect3>
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72 |
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73 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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74 |
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75 | <para>The configuration file for <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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76 | <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>. Generally you do not want to edit
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77 | this file. To put a new font directory in the configuration, update the
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78 | <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename> file with your local information.
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79 | The default location of fonts in <application>Fontconfig</application> is:
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80 | </para>
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81 |
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82 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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83 | <listitem><para>/usr/share/fonts</para></listitem>
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84 | <listitem><para>~/.fonts</para></listitem>
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85 | </itemizedlist>
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86 |
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87 | <note><para><application>X</application> also includes an internal (and
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88 | older) version of <application>Fontconfig</application> and unless it is
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89 | explicitly disabled when building <application>XFree86</application>, the
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90 | internal version is created leaving two slightly incompatible libraries on
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91 | your system. It is recommended that you only install one version.</para></note>
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92 |
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93 | </sect3>
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94 |
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95 | </sect2>
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96 |
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97 | <sect2>
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98 | <title>Contents</title>
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99 |
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100 | <para>The <application>Fontconfig</application> package contains the
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101 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libfontconfig</filename> library,
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102 | <command>fc-cache</command>, and <command>fc-list</command>.</para>
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103 |
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104 | </sect2>
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105 |
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106 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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107 |
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108 | <sect3><title>fc-cache</title>
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109 | <para><command>fc-cache</command> is a command to create font information
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110 | caches.</para></sect3>
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111 |
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112 | <sect3><title>fc-list</title>
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113 | <para><command>fc-list</command> is a command to list fonts.</para></sect3>
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114 |
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115 | </sect2>
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116 |
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117 | </sect1>
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