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 "&sources-anduin-other-http;/fontforge-&fontforge-version;.tar.xz">
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8 | <!ENTITY fontforge-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY fontforge-md5sum "024ebb9dca824154fc19310b675f9d50">
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10 | <!ENTITY fontforge-size "14 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY fontforge-buildsize "235 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY fontforge-time "2.2 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 | &lfs75_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 | <para>
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76 | The <application>FontForge</application> tarball specified above was not
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77 | generated by the <application>FontForge</application> maintainers. It
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78 | was created by the BLFS team by pulling a Git version and then generating
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79 | the autotools components and documentation. The BLFS team made no changes
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80 | to the existing source files.
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81 | </para>
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82 |
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83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">FontForge Dependencies</bridgehead>
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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="freetype2"/>,
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89 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/> and
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90 | <xref linkend="xorg7-lib"/>
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91 | </para>
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92 |
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93 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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94 | <para role="optional">
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95 | <xref linkend="giflib"/>,
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96 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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97 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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98 | <ulink url="https://github.com/fontforge/libspiro">libspiro</ulink>,
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99 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
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100 | <ulink url="https://bitbucket.org/sortsmill/libunicodenames">
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101 | libunicodenames</ulink>,
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102 | <ulink url="https://github.com/fontforge/libuninameslist">
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103 | libuninameslist</ulink>,
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104 | <ulink url="http://www.zeromq.org/">libzmq</ulink>,
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105 | <xref linkend="pango"/> and
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106 | <xref linkend="python2"/>
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107 | </para>
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108 |
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109 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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110 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/fontforge"/>
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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 FontForge</title>
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116 |
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117 | <para>
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118 | Fix building with <application>Giflib</application> 5.1.0:
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119 | </para>
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120 |
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121 | <screen><userinput>sed "/DGifCloseFile/s:gif:&, NULL:g" -i gutils/gimagereadgif.c</userinput></screen>
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122 |
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123 | <para>
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124 | Install <application>FontForge</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 | --disable-static \
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130 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version; &&
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131 | make</userinput></screen>
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132 |
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133 | <para>
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134 | To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>. Test 32
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135 | fails for unknown reasons.
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136 | </para>
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137 |
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138 | <para>
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139 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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140 | </para>
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141 |
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142 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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143 |
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144 | <para>
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145 | If desired, install desktop support files as the
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146 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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147 | </para>
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148 |
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149 | <screen role="root"><userinput>rm -rf desktop/icons/src &&
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150 | cp -rf desktop/icons/* /usr/share/icons/hicolor &&
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151 | install -Dm644 desktop/fontforge.desktop /usr/share/applications/fontforge.desktop &&
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152 | install -Dm644 desktop/fontforge.xml /usr/share/mime/packages/fontforge.xml</userinput></screen>
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153 |
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154 | </sect2>
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155 |
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156 | <sect2 role="content">
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157 | <title>Contents</title>
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158 |
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159 | <segmentedlist>
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160 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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161 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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162 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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163 |
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164 | <seglistitem>
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165 | <seg>
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166 | fontforge, fontimage, fontlint and sfddiff
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167 | </seg>
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168 | <seg>
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169 | libfontforgeexe.so, libfontforge.so, libgdraw.so,
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170 | libgioftp.so, libgunicode.so and libgutils.so
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171 | </seg>
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172 | <seg>
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173 | /usr/include/fontforge,
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174 | /usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version; and
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175 | /usr/share/fontforge
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176 | </seg>
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177 | </seglistitem>
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178 | </segmentedlist>
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179 |
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180 | <variablelist>
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181 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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182 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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183 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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184 |
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185 | <varlistentry id="fontforge-prog">
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186 | <term><command>fontforge</command></term>
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187 | <listitem>
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188 | <para>
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189 | is a program that allows you to create and
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190 | modify font files.
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191 | </para>
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192 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontforge-prog">
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193 | <primary sortas="b-fontforge">fontforge</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="fontimage">
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199 | <term><command>fontimage</command></term>
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200 | <listitem>
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201 | <para>
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202 | is a program that produces an image showing
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203 | representative glyphs of the font.
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204 | </para>
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205 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontimage">
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206 | <primary sortas="b-fontimage">fontimage</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="fontlint">
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212 | <term><command>fontlint</command></term>
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213 | <listitem>
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214 | <para>
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215 | is a program that checks the font for certain
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216 | common errors.
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217 | </para>
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218 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontlint">
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219 | <primary sortas="b-fontlint">fontlint</primary>
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220 | </indexterm>
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221 | </listitem>
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222 | </varlistentry>
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223 |
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224 | <varlistentry id="sfddiff">
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225 | <term><command>sfddiff</command></term>
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226 | <listitem>
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227 | <para>
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228 | is a program that compares two font files.
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229 | </para>
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230 | <indexterm zone="fontforge sfddiff">
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231 | <primary sortas="b-sfddiff">sfddiff</primary>
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232 | </indexterm>
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233 | </listitem>
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234 | </varlistentry>
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235 |
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236 | </variablelist>
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237 |
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238 | </sect2>
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239 |
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240 | </sect1>
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