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/&fontforge-version;/fontforge-dist-&fontforge-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY fontforge-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY fontforge-md5sum "db98d07cfee624c21d7d6ca37fe0ca14">
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10 | <!ENTITY fontforge-size "20 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY fontforge-buildsize "243 MB (plus an additional 1 MB for the tests)">
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12 | <!ENTITY fontforge-time "1.7 SBU (plus an additional 0.2 SBU for the tests)">
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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 | &lfs7a_checked;
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40 |
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41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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42 |
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43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>
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46 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&fontforge-download-http;"/>
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47 | </para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>
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51 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&fontforge-download-ftp;"/>
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52 | </para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>
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56 | Download MD5 sum: &fontforge-md5sum;
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57 | </para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | <listitem>
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60 | <para>
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61 | Download size: &fontforge-size;
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62 | </para>
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63 | </listitem>
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64 | <listitem>
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65 | <para>
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66 | Estimated disk space required: &fontforge-buildsize;
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67 | </para>
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68 | </listitem>
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69 | <listitem>
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70 | <para>
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71 | Estimated build time: &fontforge-time;
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72 | </para>
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73 | </listitem>
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74 | </itemizedlist>
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75 |
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76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">FontForge Dependencies</bridgehead>
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77 |
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78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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79 | <para role="required">
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80 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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81 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>, and
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82 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>
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83 | </para>
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84 |
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85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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86 | <para role="recommended">
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87 | <xref linkend="cairo"/>,
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88 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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89 | <xref linkend="harfbuzz"/>,
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90 | <xref linkend="pango"/> (required if Xorg libraries are present)
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91 | <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>,
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92 | <xref linkend="shared-mime-info"/>, and
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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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102 | <xref linkend="python2"/>,
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103 | <xref linkend="wget"/> (needed for tests),
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104 | <ulink url="http://ipython.org/">IPython</ulink>,
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105 | <ulink url="https://github.com/fontforge/libspiro">libspiro</ulink>,
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106 | <ulink url="https://bitbucket.org/sortsmill/libunicodenames">
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107 | libunicodenames</ulink>,
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108 | <ulink url="https://github.com/fontforge/libuninameslist">
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109 | libuninameslist</ulink>, and
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110 | <ulink url="http://www.zeromq.org/">zeromq (libzmq)</ulink>
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111 | </para>
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112 |
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113 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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114 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/fontforge"/>
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115 | </para>
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116 | </sect2>
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117 |
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118 | <sect2 role="installation">
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119 | <title>Installation of FontForge</title>
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120 |
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121 | <note>
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122 | <para>
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123 | For this version there is a separate and much larger fontforge tarball
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124 | without the -dist- in its name, do not try to use that. The -dist- version
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125 | was created a few minutes later, but the version was typo'd and it will
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126 | untar to fontforge-2.0-20140101.
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127 | </para>
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128 | </note>
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129 |
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130 | <para>
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131 | Install <application>FontForge</application> by running the following
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132 | commands:
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133 | </para>
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134 |
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135 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's/20140101/20160404/g' configure inc/fontforge-config.h \
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136 | tests/package.m4 tests/testsuite
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137 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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138 | --enable-gtk2-use \
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139 | --disable-static \
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140 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version; &&
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141 | make</userinput></screen>
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142 |
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143 | <para>
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144 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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145 | This will download two ttf files.
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146 | </para>
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147 |
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148 | <para>
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149 | Now, as the <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>make install</userinput></screen>
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153 |
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154 | <!-- seems to be ok now
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155 | <note>
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156 | <para>
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157 | <application>Fontforge</application> may need a workaround to start,
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158 | due to a bug in the splash screen. If you wish to start from a
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159 | terminal, either issue <command>fontforge -new</command>, or, after
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160 | issuing <command>fontforge</command>, press Ctrl-C once, after the
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161 | splash screen appears. For the menu, make the following substitution,
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162 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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163 | </para>
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164 |
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165 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -e '/Exec/ s/fontforge/& -new/' \
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166 | -i /usr/share/applications/fontforge.desktop</userinput></screen>
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167 | </note>-->
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168 |
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169 | </sect2>
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170 |
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171 | <sect2 role="commands">
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172 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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173 |
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174 | <para>
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175 | <parameter>sed -i 's/20140101/20160404/g' ...</parameter> : This changes
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176 | the typo'd date, particularly in the pkgconfig files and the log from the
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177 | tests.
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178 | </para>
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179 |
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180 | <para>
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181 | <parameter>--enable-gtk2-use</parameter>: uses the GTK+2 graphics
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182 | instead of basic Xorg graphics.
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183 | </para>
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184 |
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185 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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186 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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187 |
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188 | <para>
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189 | <option>--enable-debug</option>: Turn on <emphasis>debug</emphasis> build
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190 | and FONTFORGE_DEBUG conditional code. Requires
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191 | <ulink url="https://github.com/fontforge/libspiro">libspiro</ulink>.
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192 | </para>
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193 |
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194 | </sect2>
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195 |
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196 | <sect2 role="content">
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197 | <title>Contents</title>
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198 |
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199 | <segmentedlist>
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200 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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201 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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202 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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203 |
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204 | <seglistitem>
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205 | <seg>
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206 | fontforge, fontimage, fontlint and sfddiff
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207 | </seg>
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208 | <seg>
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209 | libfontforgeexe.so, libfontforge.so, libgdraw.so,
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210 | libgioftp.so, libgunicode.so, libgutils.so, and
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211 | /usr/lib/python&python2-majorver;/site-packages/{fontforge,psMat}.so
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212 | </seg>
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213 | <seg>
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214 | /usr/{include,share}/fontforge and
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215 | /usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version;
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216 | </seg>
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217 | </seglistitem>
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218 | </segmentedlist>
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219 |
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220 | <variablelist>
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221 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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222 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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223 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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224 |
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225 | <varlistentry id="fontforge-prog">
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226 | <term><command>fontforge</command></term>
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227 | <listitem>
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228 | <para>
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229 | is a program that allows you to create and
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230 | modify font files.
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231 | </para>
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232 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontforge-prog">
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233 | <primary sortas="b-fontforge">fontforge</primary>
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234 | </indexterm>
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235 | </listitem>
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236 | </varlistentry>
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237 |
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238 | <varlistentry id="fontimage">
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239 | <term><command>fontimage</command></term>
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240 | <listitem>
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241 | <para>
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242 | is a program that produces an image showing
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243 | representative glyphs of the font.
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244 | </para>
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245 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontimage">
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246 | <primary sortas="b-fontimage">fontimage</primary>
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247 | </indexterm>
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248 | </listitem>
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249 | </varlistentry>
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250 |
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251 | <varlistentry id="fontlint">
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252 | <term><command>fontlint</command></term>
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253 | <listitem>
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254 | <para>
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255 | is a program that checks the font for certain
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256 | common errors.
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257 | </para>
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258 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontlint">
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259 | <primary sortas="b-fontlint">fontlint</primary>
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260 | </indexterm>
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261 | </listitem>
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262 | </varlistentry>
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263 |
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264 | <varlistentry id="sfddiff">
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265 | <term><command>sfddiff</command></term>
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266 | <listitem>
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267 | <para>
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268 | is a program that compares two font files.
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269 | </para>
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270 | <indexterm zone="fontforge sfddiff">
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271 | <primary sortas="b-sfddiff">sfddiff</primary>
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272 | </indexterm>
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273 | </listitem>
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274 | </varlistentry>
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275 |
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276 | </variablelist>
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277 |
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278 | </sect2>
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279 |
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280 | </sect1>
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