source: general/graphlib/fontconfig.xml@ 93d2c72

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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 "2466a797d645cda5eb466080fdaec416">
<!ENTITY fontconfig-size "747 KB">
<!ENTITY fontconfig-buildsize "10 MB">
<!ENTITY fontconfig-time "0.18 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="fontconfig" xreflabel="Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="fontconfig.html"?>
<title>Fontconfig-&fontconfig-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Fontconfig</application></title>

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

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<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>

<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 2.2.96 is a beta release and 
the most current release is of the form 2.2.3</para></note>

</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Fontconfig</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="freetype2"/> and <xref linkend="expat"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="docbook-utils"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Fontconfig</application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-docs &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><option>--disable-docs</option>: This switch avoids building the 
documentation. If you wish to build the documentation using 
<application>DocBook-utils</application>, you may need to remove the 
<application>OpenSP</application> catalog definitions from the system 
<acronym>SGML</acronym> catalogs. Use the following command before building 
the package to accomplish this:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>sed -i.orig \
    -e "/CATALOG \/etc\/sgml\/OpenSP-1.5.1.cat/d" \
    /etc/sgml/catalog \
    /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Fontconfig</application></title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/fonts/*</filename></para>
</sect3>

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

<para>The configuration file for <application>Fontconfig</application> is 
<filename>/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</filename>. Generally you do not want to edit 
this file. To put a new font directory in the configuration, update the 
<filename>/etc/fonts/local.conf</filename> file with your local information. 
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>

<note><para><application>X</application> also includes an internal (and
older) version of <application>Fontconfig</application> and unless it is 
explicitly disabled when building <application>XFree86</application>, 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>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Fontconfig</application> package contains the
<filename class='libraryfile'>libfontconfig</filename> library,
<command>fc-cache</command>, and <command>fc-list</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>fc-cache</title>
<para><command>fc-cache</command> is a command to create font information
caches.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>fc-list</title>
<para><command>fc-list</command> is a command to list fonts.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>