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 fontforge-download-http "https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/releases/download/20141126/fontforge-2014-11-26-Unix-Source.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY fontforge-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY fontforge-md5sum "2193a30700a56aa7c466407ac37ce0e3">
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10 | <!ENTITY fontforge-size "119.2 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY fontforge-buildsize "354.8 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY fontforge-time "3.9 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="fontforge" xreflabel="FontForge-&fontforge-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="fontforge.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>FontForge-&fontforge-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="fontforge">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-FontForge">FontForge</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to FontForge</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>
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33 | The <application>FontForge</application> package contains an
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34 | outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript,
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35 | truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and
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36 | bitmap (bdf, FON, NFNT) fonts, or edit existing ones.
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37 | </para>
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38 |
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39 | &lfs76_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="&fontforge-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="&fontforge-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: &fontforge-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: &fontforge-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: &fontforge-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: &fontforge-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 | <note>
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76 | <para>
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77 | The <application>FontForge</application> tarball extracts
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78 | to fontforge-20141126.
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79 | </para>
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80 | </note>
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81 |
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82 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">FontForge Dependencies</bridgehead>
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83 |
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84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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85 | <para role="recommended">
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86 | <xref linkend="cairo"/>,
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87 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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88 | <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/>,
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89 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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90 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/> and
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91 | <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>
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92 | </para>
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93 |
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94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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95 | <para role="optional">
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96 | <xref linkend="giflib"/>,
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97 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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98 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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99 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
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100 | <xref linkend="pango"/>,
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101 | <xref linkend="python2"/>,
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102 | <ulink url="https://github.com/fontforge/libspiro">libspiro</ulink>,
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103 | <ulink url="https://bitbucket.org/sortsmill/libunicodenames">
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104 | libunicodenames</ulink>,
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105 | <ulink url="https://github.com/fontforge/libuninameslist">
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106 | libuninameslist</ulink>, and
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107 | <ulink url="http://www.zeromq.org/">libzmq</ulink>,
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108 | </para>
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109 |
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110 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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111 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/fontforge"/>
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112 | </para>
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113 | </sect2>
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114 |
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115 | <sect2 role="installation">
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116 | <title>Installation of FontForge</title>
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117 |
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118 | <para>
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119 | Install <application>FontForge</application> by running the following
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120 | commands:
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121 | </para>
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122 |
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123 | <screen><userinput>./bootstrap --force &&
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124 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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125 | --disable-static \
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126 | --enable-gtk2-use \
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127 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version; &&
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128 | make</userinput></screen>
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129 |
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130 | <para>
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131 | To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>.
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132 | </para>
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133 |
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134 | <para>
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135 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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136 | </para>
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137 |
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138 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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139 |
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140 |
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141 | </sect2>
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142 |
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143 | <sect2 role="content">
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144 | <title>Contents</title>
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145 |
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146 | <segmentedlist>
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147 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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148 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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149 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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150 |
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151 | <seglistitem>
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152 | <seg>
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153 | fontforge, fontimage, fontlint and sfddiff
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154 | </seg>
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155 | <seg>
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156 | libfontforgeexe.so, libfontforge.so, libgdraw.so,
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157 | libgioftp.so, libgunicode.so and libgutils.so
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158 | </seg>
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159 | <seg>
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160 | /usr/include/fontforge,
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161 | /usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version; and
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162 | /usr/share/fontforge
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163 | </seg>
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164 | </seglistitem>
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165 | </segmentedlist>
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166 |
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167 | <variablelist>
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168 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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169 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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170 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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171 |
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172 | <varlistentry id="fontforge-prog">
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173 | <term><command>fontforge</command></term>
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174 | <listitem>
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175 | <para>
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176 | is a program that allows you to create and
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177 | modify font files.
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178 | </para>
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179 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontforge-prog">
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180 | <primary sortas="b-fontforge">fontforge</primary>
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181 | </indexterm>
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182 | </listitem>
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183 | </varlistentry>
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184 |
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185 | <varlistentry id="fontimage">
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186 | <term><command>fontimage</command></term>
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187 | <listitem>
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188 | <para>
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189 | is a program that produces an image showing
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190 | representative glyphs of the font.
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191 | </para>
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192 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontimage">
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193 | <primary sortas="b-fontimage">fontimage</primary>
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194 | </indexterm>
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195 | </listitem>
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196 | </varlistentry>
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197 |
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198 | <varlistentry id="fontlint">
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199 | <term><command>fontlint</command></term>
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200 | <listitem>
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201 | <para>
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202 | is a program that checks the font for certain
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203 | common errors.
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204 | </para>
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205 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontlint">
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206 | <primary sortas="b-fontlint">fontlint</primary>
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207 | </indexterm>
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208 | </listitem>
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209 | </varlistentry>
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210 |
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211 | <varlistentry id="sfddiff">
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212 | <term><command>sfddiff</command></term>
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213 | <listitem>
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214 | <para>
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215 | is a program that compares two font files.
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216 | </para>
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217 | <indexterm zone="fontforge sfddiff">
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218 | <primary sortas="b-sfddiff">sfddiff</primary>
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219 | </indexterm>
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220 | </listitem>
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221 | </varlistentry>
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222 |
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223 | </variablelist>
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224 |
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225 | </sect2>
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226 |
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227 | </sect1>
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