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NAME
mkfontdir - create fonts.dir file from directory of font
files
SYNOPSIS
mkfontdir [directory-names]
DESCRIPTION
Mkfontdir For each directory argument, mkfontdir reads all
of the font files in the directory searching for proper-
ties named "FONT", or (failing that) the name of the file
stripped of its suffix. These are used as font names,
which are written out to the file "fonts.dir" in the
directory along with the name of the font file.
The kinds of font files read by mkfontdir depends on con-
figuration parameters, but typically include PCF (suffix
".pcf"), SNF (suffix ".snf") and BDF (suffix ".bdf"). If
a font exists in multiple formats, mkfontdir will first
choose PCF, then SNF and finally BDF.
SCALABLE FONTS
Because scalable font files do not usually include the X
font name, the fonts.dir file in directories containing
such fonts must be edited by hand to include the appropri-
ate entries for those fonts. However, when mkfontdir is
run, all of those additions will be lost, so be careful.
FONT NAME ALIASES
The file "fonts.alias" which can be put in any directory
of the font-path is used to map new names to existing
fonts, and should be edited by hand. The format is
straight forward enough, two white-space separated
columns, the first containing aliases and the second con-
taining font-name patterns.
When a font alias is used, the name it references is
search for in the normal manner, looking through each font
directory in turn. This means that the aliases need not
mention fonts in the same directory as the alias file.
To embed white-space in either name, simply enclose them
in double-quote marks, to embed double-quote marks (or any
other character), precede them with back-slash:
"magic-alias with spaces" "¥"font¥name¥" with quotes"
regular-alias fixed
If the string "FILE_NAMES_ALIASES" stands alone on a line,
each file-name in the directory (stripped of it's suffix)
will be used as an alias for that font.
USAGE
Both the X server and the Font Server look for "fonts.dir"
X Version 11 Release 5 1
MKFONTDIR(1) MKFONTDIR(1)
and "fonts.alias" files in each directory in the font path
each time it is set (see xset(1)).
SEE ALSO
X(1), Xserver(1), fs(1), xset(1)
X Version 11 Release 5 2