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 <pommnitz@darmstadt.gmd.de>. This
manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by Miros/law L.
Baran <baran@debian.org> and then rewritten using the original RedHat
README file by Yu Shao <yshao@redhat.com>.