NAME
ttmkfdir - an utility for creating fonts.scale for TrueType fonts
SYNOPSIS
ttmkfdir [options] files...
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the ttmkfdir command.
ttmkfdir is a program for creating the fonts.scale files for TrueType fonts.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
- --help (or -h)
-
Shows summary of options.
- --encoding (or -e) <encodings.dir>
-
directory containing the encoding definitions (please refer to <http://www.x.org/X11R6.8.2/doc/fonts.html> for more details). The default encodings.dir location is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/encodings.dir
- --font-dir (or -d) <directory>
-
scan directory <directory> for TrueType font files (default is the current directory)
- --output (or -o) <filename>
-
write output to file named <filename> (default is fonts.scale in current directory)
- --default-foundry (or -f) <foundry>
-
use <foundry> name for unknown font vendors (default is 'misc')
- --max-missing (or -m) <number>
-
maximal number of missing characters per encoding (default is 5). This options applies to the encoding that has less than 256 code-points definitions.
- --font-backend (or -b) <number>
-
font back-end type. For the X FreeType (xft) one use value '1', for the XTT one use value '2', default value is 1, X Free Type. This option is required for TrueType Collection font (.ttc).
- --additional-entries (or -x) <number>
-
for the XTT back-end: generate extra TTCaps stuff (f.ex. for the bold and italic support). For the FreeType back-end: generate extra "dummy" XLFDs for bold and italic. Defaults to '0', '1' enables the option.
- --completeness (or -c)
-
use less strict completeness tests for encoding tables
- -p
-
use panose information (Panose is a typeface classification system which can be embedded in the font itself).
SEE ALSO
You can find more about Panose system on this website: <http://www.monotypeimaging.com/printer/pan1.asp>.
AUTHOR
Upstream author is Joerg Pomnitz <[email protected]>. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by Miros/law L. Baran <[email protected]> and then rewritten using the original RedHat README file by Yu Shao <[email protected]>.