| 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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.bz2">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-download-ftp " ">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-md5sum "36cdea1058ef13cbbfdabe6cb019dc1c">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY fontconfig-size "1.6 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 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-Fontconfig">Fontconfig</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to Fontconfig</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | The <application>Fontconfig</application> package contains
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| 35 | a library and support programs used for configuring and
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| 36 | customizing font access.
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| 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | &lfs91_checked;
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&fontconfig-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &fontconfig-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &fontconfig-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &fontconfig-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &fontconfig-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 | <!--
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| 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 76 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 77 | <listitem>
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| 78 | <para>
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| 79 | Required patch:
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| 80 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;-gperf-3.1-1.patch"/>
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| 81 | </para>
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| 82 | </listitem>
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| 83 | </itemizedlist>
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| 84 | -->
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| 85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Fontconfig Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 88 | <para role="required">
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| 89 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>
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| 90 | </para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 93 | <para role="optional">
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| 94 | <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/> and
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| 95 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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| 96 | <xref linkend="texlive"/> (or <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>)
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| 97 | </para>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <note>
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| 100 | <para>
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| 101 | If you have <application>DocBook Utils</application> installed and
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| 102 | you remove the <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter> parameter from
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| 103 | the <command>configure</command> command below, you must have
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| 104 | <xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/> and <xref linkend="texlive"/> installed
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| 105 | also, or the <application>Fontconfig</application> build will fail.
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| 106 | </para>
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| 107 | </note>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 110 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Fontconfig'/>
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| 111 | </para>
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| 112 | </sect2>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 115 | <title>Installation of Fontconfig</title>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <para>
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| 118 | Make sure the system regenerates src/fcobjshash.h.
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| 119 | </para>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <screen><userinput>rm -f src/fcobjshash.h</userinput></screen>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <para>
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| 124 | Install <application>Fontconfig</application> by running the following
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| 125 | commands:
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| 126 | </para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 129 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 130 | --localstatedir=/var \
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| 131 | --disable-docs \
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| 132 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version; &&
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| 133 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <para>
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| 136 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 137 | </para>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <para>
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| 140 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 141 | </para>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <para>
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| 146 | If you did not remove the <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter>
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| 147 | parameter from the <command>configure</command> command, you can install
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| 148 | the pre-generated documentation by using the following commands as the
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| 149 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 150 | </para>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 \
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| 153 | /usr/share/{man/man{1,3,5},doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-devel} &&
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| 154 | install -v -m644 fc-*/*.1 /usr/share/man/man1 &&
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| 155 | install -v -m644 doc/*.3 /usr/share/man/man3 &&
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| 156 | install -v -m644 doc/fonts-conf.5 /usr/share/man/man5 &&
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| 157 | install -v -m644 doc/fontconfig-devel/* \
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| 158 | /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-devel &&
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| 159 | install -v -m644 doc/*.{pdf,sgml,txt,html} \
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| 160 | /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | </sect2>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 165 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <para>
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| 168 | <parameter>--disable-docs</parameter>: This switch avoids building the
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| 169 | documentation (the release tarball includes pre-generated
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| 170 | documentation).
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| 171 | </para>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | </sect2>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 176 | <title>Configuring Fontconfig</title>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <sect3 id="fontconfig-config">
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| 179 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <para>
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| 182 | <filename>
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| 183 | /etc/fonts/*,
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| 184 | /etc/fonts/conf.d/* and
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| 185 | /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/*
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| 186 | </filename>
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| 187 | </para>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 190 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts">/etc/fonts/*</primary>
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| 191 | </indexterm>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 194 | <primary sortas="e-etc-fonts-conf.d">/etc/fonts/conf.d/*</primary>
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| 195 | </indexterm>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 198 | <primary sortas="e-usr-share-fontconfig-conf.avail">/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/*</primary>
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| 199 | </indexterm>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | </sect3>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <sect3>
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| 204 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | <para>
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| 207 | The main configuration file for <application>Fontconfig</application> is
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| 208 | <filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>. Generally you do not want
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| 209 | to edit this file. It will also read <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename>
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| 210 | and any files in <filename class="directory">/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>.
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| 211 | To put a new font directory in the configuration, create
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| 212 | (or update) the <filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename> file with your
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| 213 | local information or add a new file in
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| 214 | <filename class="directory">/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>. The default
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| 215 | location of fonts in <application>Fontconfig</application> is:
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| 216 | </para>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 219 | <listitem>
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| 220 | <para>
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| 221 | /usr/share/fonts
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| 222 | </para>
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| 223 | </listitem>
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| 224 | <listitem>
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| 225 | <para>
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| 226 | ~/.local/share/fonts
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| 227 | </para>
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| 228 | </listitem>
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| 229 | <listitem>
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| 230 | <para>
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| 231 | ~/.fonts <emphasis>(this is now deprecated, but for the moment
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| 232 | it still works)</emphasis>
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| 233 | </para>
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| 234 | </listitem>
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| 235 | </itemizedlist>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | <para>
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| 238 | <application>Fontconfig</application> also ships many example
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| 239 | configuration files in the
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| 240 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail</filename>
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| 241 | directory. Symlinking specific files to
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| 242 | <filename class="directory">/etc/fonts/conf.d</filename>
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| 243 | will enable them. The default setup is generally good enough for
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| 244 | most users. See <filename>/etc/fonts/conf.d/README</filename>
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| 245 | for a description of the configuration files.
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| 246 | </para>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 249 | <primary sortas="e-usr-share-fonts">/usr/share/fonts</primary>
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| 250 | </indexterm>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fontconfig-config">
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| 253 | <primary sortas="e-AA.fonts">~/.fonts</primary>
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| 254 | </indexterm>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <para>
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| 257 | More information about configuring <application>Fontconfig</application>
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| 258 | can be found in the user's manual in <ulink
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| 259 | url="file:///usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;/fontconfig-user.html"/>.
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| 260 | </para>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | </sect3>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | </sect2>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 267 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <segmentedlist>
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| 270 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 271 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 272 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <seglistitem>
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| 275 | <seg>
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| 276 | fc-cache, fc-cat, fc-conflist, fc-list, fc-match, fc-pattern,
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| 277 | fc-query, fc-scan, and fc-validate
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| 278 | </seg>
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| 279 | <seg>
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| 280 | libfontconfig.so
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| 281 | </seg>
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| 282 | <seg>
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| 283 | /etc/fonts,
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| 284 | /usr/include/fontconfig,
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| 285 | /usr/share/doc/fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;,
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| 286 | /usr/share/fontconfig,
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| 287 | /usr/share/xml/fontconfig, and
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| 288 | /var/cache/fontconfig
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| 289 | </seg>
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| 290 | </seglistitem>
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| 291 | </segmentedlist>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <variablelist>
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| 294 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 295 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 296 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 297 |
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| 298 | <varlistentry id="fc-cache">
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| 299 | <term><command>fc-cache</command></term>
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| 300 | <listitem>
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| 301 | <para>
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| 302 | is used to create font information caches.
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| 303 | </para>
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| 304 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-cache">
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| 305 | <primary sortas="b-fc-cache">fc-cache</primary>
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| 306 | </indexterm>
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| 307 | </listitem>
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| 308 | </varlistentry>
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| 309 |
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| 310 | <varlistentry id="fc-cat">
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| 311 | <term><command>fc-cat</command></term>
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| 312 | <listitem>
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| 313 | <para>
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| 314 | is used to read font information caches.
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| 315 | </para>
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| 316 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-cat">
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| 317 | <primary sortas="b-fc-cat">fc-cat</primary>
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| 318 | </indexterm>
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| 319 | </listitem>
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| 320 | </varlistentry>
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| 321 |
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| 322 | <varlistentry id="fc-conflist">
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| 323 | <term><command>fc-conflist</command></term>
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| 324 | <listitem>
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| 325 | <para>
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| 326 | shows the ruleset files' information on the system.
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| 327 | </para>
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| 328 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-conflist">
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| 329 | <primary sortas="b-fc-conflist">fc-conflist</primary>
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| 330 | </indexterm>
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| 331 | </listitem>
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| 332 | </varlistentry>
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| 333 |
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| 334 | <varlistentry id="fc-list">
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| 335 | <term><command>fc-list</command></term>
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| 336 | <listitem>
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| 337 | <para>
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| 338 | is used to create font lists.
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| 339 | </para>
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| 340 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-list">
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| 341 | <primary sortas="b-fc-list">fc-list</primary>
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| 342 | </indexterm>
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| 343 | </listitem>
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| 344 | </varlistentry>
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| 345 |
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| 346 | <varlistentry id="fc-match">
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| 347 | <term><command>fc-match</command></term>
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| 348 | <listitem>
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| 349 | <para>
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| 350 | is used to match available fonts, or find fonts that match
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| 351 | a given pattern.
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| 352 | </para>
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| 353 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-match">
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| 354 | <primary sortas="b-fc-match">fc-match</primary>
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| 355 | </indexterm>
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| 356 | </listitem>
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| 357 | </varlistentry>
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| 358 |
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| 359 | <varlistentry id="fc-pattern">
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| 360 | <term><command>fc-pattern</command></term>
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| 361 | <listitem>
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| 362 | <para>
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| 363 | is used to parse pattern (empty pattern by default) and show
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| 364 | the parsed result.
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| 365 | </para>
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| 366 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-pattern">
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| 367 | <primary sortas="b-fc-pattern">fc-pattern</primary>
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| 368 | </indexterm>
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| 369 | </listitem>
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| 370 | </varlistentry>
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| 371 |
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| 372 | <varlistentry id="fc-query">
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| 373 | <term><command>fc-query</command></term>
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| 374 | <listitem>
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| 375 | <para>
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| 376 | is used to query fonts files and print resulting patterns.
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| 377 | </para>
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| 378 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-query">
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| 379 | <primary sortas="b-fc-query">fc-query</primary>
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| 380 | </indexterm>
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| 381 | </listitem>
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| 382 | </varlistentry>
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| 383 |
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| 384 | <varlistentry id="fc-scan">
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| 385 | <term><command>fc-scan</command></term>
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| 386 | <listitem>
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| 387 | <para>
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| 388 | is used to scan font files and directories, and print resulting
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| 389 | patterns.
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| 390 | </para>
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| 391 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-scan">
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| 392 | <primary sortas="b-fc-scan">fc-scan</primary>
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| 393 | </indexterm>
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| 394 | </listitem>
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| 395 | </varlistentry>
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| 396 |
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| 397 | <varlistentry id="fc-validate">
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| 398 | <term><command>fc-validate</command></term>
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| 399 | <listitem>
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| 400 | <para>
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| 401 | is used to validate font files.
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| 402 | </para>
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| 403 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig fc-validate">
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| 404 | <primary sortas="b-fc-validate">fc-validate</primary>
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| 405 | </indexterm>
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| 406 | </listitem>
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| 407 | </varlistentry>
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| 408 |
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| 409 | <varlistentry id="libfontconfig">
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| 410 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfontconfig.so</filename></term>
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| 411 | <listitem>
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| 412 | <para>
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| 413 | contains functions used by the <application>Fontconfig</application>
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| 414 | programs and also by other programs to configure or customize font
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| 415 | access.
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| 416 | </para>
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| 417 | <indexterm zone="fontconfig libfontconfig">
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| 418 | <primary sortas="c-libfontconfig">libfontconfig.so</primary>
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| 419 | </indexterm>
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| 420 | </listitem>
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| 421 | </varlistentry>
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| 422 |
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| 423 | </variablelist>
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| 424 |
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| 425 | </sect2>
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| 426 |
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| 427 | </sect1>
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