1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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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 | <!--
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8 | <!ENTITY fontforge-download-http "https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/releases/download/&fontforge-version;/fontforge-dist-&fontforge-version;.tar.xz">
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9 | -->
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10 | <!ENTITY fontforge-download-http "https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/releases/download/&fontforge-version;/fontforge-&fontforge-version;.tar.xz">
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11 |
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12 | <!ENTITY fontforge-download-ftp " ">
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13 | <!ENTITY fontforge-md5sum "7043f25368ed25bcd75d168564919fb7">
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14 | <!ENTITY fontforge-size "13 MB">
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15 | <!ENTITY fontforge-buildsize "102 MB (add 52 MB for the tests)">
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16 | <!ENTITY fontforge-time "0.4 SBU (with parallelism=4, add 0.1 SBU for the tests)">
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17 | ]>
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18 |
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19 | <sect1 id="fontforge" xreflabel="FontForge-&fontforge-version;">
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20 | <?dbhtml filename="fontforge.html"?>
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21 |
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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 | &lfs122_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">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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77 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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78 | <listitem>
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79 | <para>
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80 | Required patch:
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81 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/fontforge-&fontforge-version;-security_fixes-1.patch"/>
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82 | </para>
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83 | </listitem>
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84 | </itemizedlist>
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85 |
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86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">FontForge Dependencies</bridgehead>
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87 |
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88 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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89 | <para role="required">
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90 | <xref linkend="libspiro"/> and
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91 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>
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92 | </para>
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93 |
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94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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95 | <para role="recommended">
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96 | <!-- not mentioned:
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97 | glib is required for gtk3
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98 | pango is required for gtk3
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99 | cairo is recommended for pango
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100 | xorg libs pulled in by gtk3 via libepoxy.
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101 | -->
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102 | <xref linkend="gtk3"/>
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103 | </para>
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104 |
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105 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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106 | <para role="optional">
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107 | <!-- the following references in the source appear not to be used:
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108 | curl is mentioned in appveyor.yml for msys2 (integration tests, I think)
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109 | wget is referenced in Unicode/charset/generate.sh which will fail if
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110 | wget is not on the PATH, and in Unicode/dump.c - with wget moved off the
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111 | PATH, no problems, i.e. they are never run and never built.
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112 |
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113 | Some of the others are at a minimum pulled in for recommended deps -
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114 | libpng from freetype from fontconfig from xorg libs.
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115 | harfbuzz is the same
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116 |
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117 | Also, adding or removing optional deps other than Sphinx doesn't seem
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118 | to materially alter the build time or size.
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119 | -->
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120 | <xref linkend="giflib"/>,
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121 | <xref linkend="git"/>,
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122 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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123 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
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124 | <xref linkend="sphinx"/> (to build html documentation), and
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125 | <xref linkend="woff2"/>
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126 | </para>
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127 |
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128 | </sect2>
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129 |
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130 | <sect2 role="installation">
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131 | <title>Installation of FontForge</title>
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132 |
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133 | <para>
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134 | First, fix two security vulnerabilities in the Splinefont functionality:
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135 | </para>
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136 |
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137 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../fontforge-&fontforge-version;-security_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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138 |
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139 | <para>
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140 | Next, fix a problem with old translations exposed by gettext-0.22:
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141 | </para>
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142 |
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143 | <screen><userinput>sed -i.orig 's/\(%[^%[:space:]]*\)hs/\1s/g' \
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144 | fontforgeexe/searchview.c po/de.po po/ca.po \
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145 | po/hr.po po/it.po po/pl.po po/uk.po po/en_GB.po \
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146 | po/fr.po po/vi.po po/ko.po po/ja.po</userinput></screen>
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147 |
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148 | <para>
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149 | Install <application>FontForge</application> by running the following
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150 | commands:
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151 | </para>
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152 |
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153 | <screen><userinput>mkdir build &&
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154 | cd build &&
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155 |
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156 | cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
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157 | -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
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158 | -W no-dev .. &&
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159 | make</userinput></screen>
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160 |
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161 | <para>
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162 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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163 | </para>
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164 |
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165 | <para>
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166 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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167 | </para>
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168 |
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169 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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170 |
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171 | <para>
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172 | If you have installed <command>sphinx-build</command>, HTML documentation
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173 | was built and installed in
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174 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/doc/fontforge</filename>.
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175 | To be able to access it as a versioned directory, create a
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176 | symlink as the
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177 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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178 | </para>
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179 |
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180 | <screen role="root"
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181 | remap="doc"><userinput>ln -sv fontforge /usr/share/doc/fontforge-&fontforge-version;</userinput></screen>
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182 |
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183 | </sect2>
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184 |
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185 | <sect2 role="commands">
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186 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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187 |
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188 | <para>
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189 | <parameter>-D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release</parameter>: This switch is used to
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190 | create an optimized release without debug information.
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191 | </para>
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192 |
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193 | <para>
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194 | <parameter>-W no-dev</parameter>: This switch is used to suppress warnings
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195 | intended for the package's developers.
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196 | </para>
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197 |
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198 | <para>
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199 | <option>-D ENABLE_X11=ON</option>: use an X11 backend instead of GDK3
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200 | (gtk+-3) for basic Xorg graphics.
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201 | </para>
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202 |
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203 | </sect2>
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204 |
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205 | <sect2 role="content">
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206 | <title>Contents</title>
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207 |
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208 | <segmentedlist>
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209 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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210 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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211 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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212 |
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213 | <seglistitem>
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214 | <seg>
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215 | fontforge, fontimage, fontlint and sfddiff
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216 | </seg>
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217 | <seg>
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218 | libfontforge.so and
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219 | /usr/lib/python&python3-version;/site-packages/{fontforge,psMat}.so
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220 | </seg>
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221 | <seg>
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222 | /usr/share/fontforge and optionally
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223 | /usr/share/doc/fontforge{,-&fontforge-version;}
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224 | </seg>
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225 | </seglistitem>
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226 | </segmentedlist>
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227 |
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228 | <variablelist>
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229 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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230 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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231 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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232 |
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233 | <varlistentry id="fontforge-prog">
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234 | <term><command>fontforge</command></term>
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235 | <listitem>
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236 | <para>
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237 | is a program that allows you to create and
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238 | modify font files
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239 | </para>
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240 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontforge-prog">
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241 | <primary sortas="b-fontforge">fontforge</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 | <varlistentry id="fontimage">
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247 | <term><command>fontimage</command></term>
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248 | <listitem>
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249 | <para>
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250 | is a program that produces an image showing
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251 | representative glyphs of the font
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252 | </para>
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253 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontimage">
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254 | <primary sortas="b-fontimage">fontimage</primary>
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255 | </indexterm>
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256 | </listitem>
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257 | </varlistentry>
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258 |
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259 | <varlistentry id="fontlint">
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260 | <term><command>fontlint</command></term>
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261 | <listitem>
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262 | <para>
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263 | is a program that checks the font for certain
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264 | common errors
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265 | </para>
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266 | <indexterm zone="fontforge fontlint">
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267 | <primary sortas="b-fontlint">fontlint</primary>
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268 | </indexterm>
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269 | </listitem>
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270 | </varlistentry>
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271 |
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272 | <varlistentry id="sfddiff">
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273 | <term><command>sfddiff</command></term>
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274 | <listitem>
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275 | <para>
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276 | is a program that compares two font files
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277 | </para>
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278 | <indexterm zone="fontforge sfddiff">
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279 | <primary sortas="b-sfddiff">sfddiff</primary>
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280 | </indexterm>
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281 | </listitem>
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282 | </varlistentry>
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283 |
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284 | </variablelist>
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285 |
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286 | </sect2>
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287 |
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288 | </sect1>
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