[b9543da] | 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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[3e5e86a] | 7 | <!-- <!ENTITY fontforge-download-http "&sources-anduin-other-http;/fontforge-&fontforge-version;.tar.xz">-->
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[e7af045] | 8 | <!ENTITY fontforge-download-http "https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/releases/download/&fontforge-version;/fontforge-&fontforge-version;.tar.gz">
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[b9543da] | 9 | <!ENTITY fontforge-download-ftp " ">
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[f4d703c7] | 10 | <!ENTITY fontforge-md5sum "210839cf621de2b19929e57964509260">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY fontforge-size "118 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY fontforge-buildsize "395 MB">
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[00f3d9a] | 13 | <!ENTITY fontforge-time "2.1 SBU (additional 0.3 SBU for the tests)">
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[b9543da] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="fontforge" xreflabel="FontForge-&fontforge-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="fontforge.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>FontForge-&fontforge-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="fontforge">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-FontForge">FontForge</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 FontForge</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | The <application>FontForge</application> package contains an
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| 35 | outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript,
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| 36 | truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and
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| 37 | bitmap (bdf, FON, NFNT) fonts, or edit existing ones.
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| 38 | </para>
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| 39 |
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[d18e0d7] | 40 | &lfs77_checked;
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[b9543da] | 41 |
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| 42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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[00f3d9a] | 43 |
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[b9543da] | 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>
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| 47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&fontforge-download-http;"/>
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| 48 | </para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&fontforge-download-ftp;"/>
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| 53 | </para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download MD5 sum: &fontforge-md5sum;
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download size: &fontforge-size;
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| 63 | </para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Estimated disk space required: &fontforge-buildsize;
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| 68 | </para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Estimated build time: &fontforge-time;
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| 73 | </para>
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| 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </itemizedlist>
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[2bf53d6] | 76 |
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[b9543da] | 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">FontForge Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 78 |
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[e7af045] | 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 80 | <para role="required">
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| 81 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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[8471938] | 82 | <xref linkend="git"/>,
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[e7af045] | 83 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>, and
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| 84 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>
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| 85 | </para>
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[633dc24e] | 86 |
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[b9543da] | 87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 88 | <para role="recommended">
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| 89 | <xref linkend="cairo"/>,
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[3e5e86a] | 90 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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[e7af045] | 91 | <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/>,
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| 92 | <xref linkend="pango"/> (required if Xorg libraries are present), and
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[b9543da] | 93 | <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>
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| 94 | </para>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 97 | <para role="optional">
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| 98 | <xref linkend="giflib"/>,
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| 99 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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| 100 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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| 101 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
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[feb1a649] | 102 | <xref linkend="python2"/>,
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| 103 | <ulink url="https://github.com/fontforge/libspiro">libspiro</ulink>,
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[b9543da] | 104 | <ulink url="https://bitbucket.org/sortsmill/libunicodenames">
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| 105 | libunicodenames</ulink>,
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| 106 | <ulink url="https://github.com/fontforge/libuninameslist">
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[feb1a649] | 107 | libuninameslist</ulink>, and
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[b9543da] | 108 | <ulink url="http://www.zeromq.org/">libzmq</ulink>,
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| 109 | </para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 112 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/fontforge"/>
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| 113 | </para>
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| 114 | </sect2>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 117 | <title>Installation of FontForge</title>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <para>
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| 120 | Install <application>FontForge</application> by running the following
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| 121 | commands:
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| 122 | </para>
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| 123 |
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[633dc24e] | 124 | <screen><userinput>rm -rf libltdl &&
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[e7af045] | 125 | rm m4/argz.m4 &&
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| 126 | ./bootstrap &&
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[3e5e86a] | 127 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 128 | --enable-gtk2-use \
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| 129 | --disable-static \
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[00f3d9a] | 130 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version; &&
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[b9543da] | 131 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <para>
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[3e5e86a] | 134 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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[b9543da] | 135 | </para>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <para>
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| 138 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 139 | </para>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | </sect2>
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| 144 |
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[43e64a4a] | 145 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 146 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 147 |
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[e7af045] | 148 | <para>
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| 149 | <command>rm -rf libltdl ... ./bootstrap</command>:
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| 150 | These commands work around the old version of libtool in the source,
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| 151 | and the idiosyncracies of the bootstrap command, to allow it to build with
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| 152 | current libtool where some files have been renamed.
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| 153 | </para>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <para>
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| 156 | <parameter>--enable-gtk2-use</parameter>: allows to use the GTK+2 graphics
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| 157 | instead of basic Xorg graphics.
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| 158 | </para>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 161 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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[43e64a4a] | 162 |
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| 163 | </sect2>
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| 164 |
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[b9543da] | 165 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 166 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <segmentedlist>
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| 169 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 170 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 171 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <seglistitem>
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| 174 | <seg>
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| 175 | fontforge, fontimage, fontlint and sfddiff
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| 176 | </seg>
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| 177 | <seg>
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| 178 | libfontforgeexe.so, libfontforge.so, libgdraw.so,
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[00f3d9a] | 179 | libgioftp.so, libgunicode.so, libgutils.so, and
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| 180 | /usr/lib/python&python2-majorver;/site-packages/{fontforge,psMat}.so
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[b9543da] | 181 | </seg>
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| 182 | <seg>
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| 183 | /usr/include/fontforge,
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[00f3d9a] | 184 | /usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version; and
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[b9543da] | 185 | /usr/share/fontforge
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| 186 | </seg>
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| 187 | </seglistitem>
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| 188 | </segmentedlist>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <variablelist>
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| 191 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 192 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 193 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <varlistentry id="fontforge-prog">
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| 196 | <term><command>fontforge</command></term>
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| 197 | <listitem>
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| 198 | <para>
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| 199 | is a program that allows you to create and
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| 200 | modify font files.
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| 201 | </para>
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| 202 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontforge-prog">
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| 203 | <primary sortas="b-fontforge">fontforge</primary>
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| 204 | </indexterm>
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| 205 | </listitem>
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| 206 | </varlistentry>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <varlistentry id="fontimage">
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| 209 | <term><command>fontimage</command></term>
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| 210 | <listitem>
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| 211 | <para>
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| 212 | is a program that produces an image showing
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| 213 | representative glyphs of the font.
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| 214 | </para>
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| 215 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontimage">
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| 216 | <primary sortas="b-fontimage">fontimage</primary>
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| 217 | </indexterm>
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| 218 | </listitem>
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| 219 | </varlistentry>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <varlistentry id="fontlint">
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| 222 | <term><command>fontlint</command></term>
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| 223 | <listitem>
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| 224 | <para>
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| 225 | is a program that checks the font for certain
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| 226 | common errors.
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| 227 | </para>
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| 228 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontlint">
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| 229 | <primary sortas="b-fontlint">fontlint</primary>
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| 230 | </indexterm>
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| 231 | </listitem>
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| 232 | </varlistentry>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <varlistentry id="sfddiff">
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| 235 | <term><command>sfddiff</command></term>
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| 236 | <listitem>
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| 237 | <para>
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| 238 | is a program that compares two font files.
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| 239 | </para>
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| 240 | <indexterm zone="fontforge sfddiff">
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| 241 | <primary sortas="b-sfddiff">sfddiff</primary>
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| 242 | </indexterm>
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| 243 | </listitem>
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| 244 | </varlistentry>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | </variablelist>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | </sect2>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | </sect1>
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