source: general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml@ 0997f66

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-http "http://fontconfig.org/release/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY fontconfig-md5sum        "108f9a03fa9ed9dd779cc7ca236da557">
  <!ENTITY fontconfig-size          "1.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY fontconfig-buildsize     "11.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY fontconfig-time          "0.2 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="fontconfig" xreflabel="Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="fontconfig.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="fontconfig">
    <primary sortas="a-Fontconfig">Fontconfig</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Fontconfig</title>

    <para>The <application>Fontconfig</application> package is a library
    for configuring and customizing font access.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &fontconfig-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &fontconfig-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &fontconfig-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &fontconfig-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <!-- Since fontconfig is at 2.4.x, obviously it's more current
         than 2.3.92. Uncomment when 2.4.9x is released
    <note>
      <para>The numbering system of <application>Fontconfig</application> is
      unusual. The beta versions of the package are numbered with a 9x in the
      last portion of the release number. This means that 2.3.92 is a beta
      release and the most current release is of the form
      &fontconfig-version;</para>
    </note>
    -->

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Fontconfig Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="freetype2"/> and either
    <xref linkend="expat"/> or <xref linkend="libxml2"/> (requires
    <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/>)</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="docbook-utils"/></para>

    <note>
      <para>If you have <application>DocBook-utils</application> installed
      and you remove the <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter> parameter from
      the <command>configure</command> command below, you must have
      <xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/> and <xref linkend="jadetex"/> installed
      also, or the <application>Fontconfig</application> build will fail.</para>
    </note>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Fontconfig'/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Fontconfig</title>

    <para>Install <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
    --disable-docs --without-add-fonts \
    --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version; &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 doc/*.3 /usr/share/man/man3 &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 doc/*.5 /usr/share/man/man5 &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 \
        -d /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-devel &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 doc/*.{html,pdf,txt} \
        /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 doc/fontconfig-devel/* \
        /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-devel</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var</parameter>: This switch places
    the system font cache files in <filename
    class='directory'>/var/cache/fontconfig</filename>.</para>

    <para><parameter>--disable-docs</parameter>: This switch avoids building
    the documentation (the release tarball includes pre-generated
    documentation).</para>

    <para><parameter>--without-add-fonts</parameter>: This switch disables
    the automatic search for X Window System fonts which, if found, may
    confuse some applications.</para>

    <para><parameter>--with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</parameter>:
    Though this parameter seems counter-intuitive following the preceding
    parameter to the <command>configure</command> command, it is used so that
    if the builder removes the <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter> parameter,
    the documentation will be installed in a versioned directory name instead
    of the default
    <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/doc/fontconfig</filename>.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Fontconfig</title>

    <sect3 id="fontconfig-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para><filename>/etc/fonts/*, /etc/fonts/conf.avail/*, and
      /etc/fonts/conf.d/*</filename></para>

      <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts">/etc/fonts/*</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts-conf.d">/etc/fonts/conf.d/*</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts-conf.avail">/etc/fonts/conf.avail/*</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>The main configuration file for <application>Fontconfig</application>
      is <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>. Generally you do not want
      to edit this file. It will also read <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename>
      and any files in <filename class='directory'>/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>.
      To put a new font directory in the configuration, create
      (or update) the <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename> file with your
      local information or add a new file in
      <filename class='directory'>/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>. The default
      location of fonts in <application>Fontconfig</application> is:</para>

      <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
        <listitem>
          <para>/usr/share/fonts</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>~/.fonts</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <para><application>Fontconfig</application> also ships many example
      configuration files in the <filename
      class='directory'>/etc/fonts/conf.avail</filename> directory. Symlinking
      to specific files from <filename class='directory'>/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>
      will enable them. The default setup is generally good enough for most
      users. See <filename>/etc/fonts/conf.avail/README</filename> for a
      description of the configuration files.</para>

      <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
        <primary sortas="g-usr-share-fonts">/usr/share/fonts</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
        <primary sortas="g-AA.fonts">~/.fonts</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <para>More information about configuring
      <application>Fontconfig</application> can be found in the user's manual
      in <ulink
      url="file:///usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-user.html"/>.
      </para>

      <note>
        <para><application>XFree86</application> also includes an internal (and
        older) version of <application>Fontconfig</application> and unless it
        is explicitly disabled, the internal version is created leaving two
        slightly incompatible libraries on your system. It is recommended that
        you only install one version.</para>
      </note>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>fc-cache, fc-cat, fc-list, and fc-match</seg>
        <seg>libfontconfig.{so,a}</seg>
        <seg>/etc/fonts, /usr/include/fontconfig and
        /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="fc-cache">
        <term><command>fc-cache</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is used to create font information caches.</para>
          <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-cache">
            <primary sortas="b-fc-cache">fc-cache</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="fc-cat">
        <term><command>fc-cat</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is used to read font information caches.</para>
          <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-cat">
            <primary sortas="b-fc-cat">fc-cat</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="fc-list">
        <term><command>fc-list</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is used to create font lists.</para>
          <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-list">
            <primary sortas="b-fc-list">fc-list</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="fc-match">
        <term><command>fc-match</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is used to match available fonts, or find fonts that match
          a given pattern.</para>
          <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-match">
            <primary sortas="b-fc-match">fc-match</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libfontconfig">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libfontconfig.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains functions used by the
          <application>Fontconfig</application> programs and also by other
          programs to configure or customize font access.</para>
          <indexterm zone="fontconfig libfontconfig">
            <primary sortas="c-libfontconfig">libfontconfig.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>