---
name: "gnome-font-install"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libgnomeprint-bin"
version: "0.37-12"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnome-font-install"
---

# gnome-font-install(1)

Fontmap file generator for gnome-print

## NAME

gnome-font-install - Fontmap file generator for gnome-print

## SYNOPSIS

**gnome-font-install** \[ **-q, --smart**  \] \[ **-r, --recursive**  \] \[ **-c, --clean**  \] \[ **-n, --notice**  \] \[ **-u, --user**  \] \[ **-d, --dynamic**  \] \[ **-s, --static** \] \[ **-t, --target=***ARG*  \] \[ **-a, --aliases=***PATH*  \] \[ **--debug**  \] \[ **-?, --help**  \] \[ **--usage** \]

## DESCRIPTION

**gnome-font-install** is a tool that is used to generate a fontmap file for gnome-print.

## OPTIONS

- **-q, --smart**

  Tries to do everything automatically.

- **-r, --recursive**

  Search directories recursively for font files.

- **-c, --clean**

  Start from zero fontmap, instead of parsing old one.

- **-n, --notice**

  Include font notice field (Copyright data) into fontmap.

- **-u, --user**

  Create $HOME/.gnome/fonts/gnome-print.fontmap

- **-d, --dynamic**

  Create /etc/gnome/fonts/gnome-print.fontmap

- **-s, --static**

  Create /usr/share/gnome/fonts/gnome-print.fontmap

- **-t, --target=***ARG*

  Write output fontmap to specified file (- for stdout)

- **-a, --aliases=***PATH*

  File describing known aliases

- **--debug**

  Print out debugging information.

- **-?, --help**

  Show this help message

- **--usage**

  Display brief usage message.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Christian Marillat \<marillat@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).